Hard and Unreal Advice: Mothers, Social Science and the Victorian Poverty Experts

Martin, K.

The first detailed and systematic study of the social science of poverty as practiced by the Victorian experts who had so much influence on relief policy in this area, and who were among the founders of British social science. The book examines what they knew, or what they thought they knew, about the poor.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2008-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349300099

DOI: 10.1057/9780230594050

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 229