The Cambridge Social History of Britain 1750-1950, Volume 3: Social Agencies and Institutions

The Cambridge Social History of Britain 1750-1950 #3

by Francis Michael Longstreth Thompson (Editor)

The final volume discusses the institutions that affected social conditions and influenced values and attitudes. Social policies were made for the most part by the comfortably off and those in power for the supposed good of the less fortunate. Contributors to this volume examine these initiatives with regard to, among others, the development of health care, philanthropy and the voluntary sector, the police and crime, professional associations and unions.

Genres: History, 19th Century

512 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Francis Michael Longstreth (F.M.L.) Thompson is a British historian specializing in 19th and 20th century British social history. He was educated at Bootham School, York and Queens College, Oxford, where he took his Ph.D. in 1956. He was Reader in Economic History at University College London from 1963 until 1968 and was Professor of Modern History at Bedford College from 1968 until 1977. From 1977 until 1990 he was director of the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, and he served as president of the Royal Historical Society from 1989 to 1993.