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The Logic of Charity

The Logic of Charity Amsterdam, 1800-50

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Publisher's Synopsis

Many regard the welfare state as a new solution to an age-old problem. Offering a "simple model" of relief for the poor in pre-industrial Amsterdam, Leeuwen (Netherlands Economic History Archives, Amsterdam) studies which groups provided relief, which groups received aid, and their interdependent social roles. Illustrations show poor and affluent a

Book information

ISBN: 9780312228538
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Imprint: St. Martin's Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 362.9492392
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 242
Weight: 522g
Height: 225mm
Width: 148mm
Spine width: 22mm