Social Welfare, 1850-1950: Australia, Argentina and Canada Compared

by D.C.M. Platt (Editor)

This historical study of the development of social welfare systems in divergent countries draws on a variety of essays to examine the work of each country in turn, followed by a comparison of all three and an examination of social experiments in regions of recent settlement.

208 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1989

About the author

Born in 1934, Desmond Christopher Martin Platt was Professor of Latin American History at St. Antony's College, Oxford from 1972 until his death in 1989.