H.J. Habakkuk, a bibliography -- Introduction / F.M.L. Thompson -- English and French landowners, 1688-1789 / P.K. O'Brien and D. Heath -- A world elsewhere / J.R.T. Hughes -- The decline of the small landowner in England and Wales, 1660-1900 / J.V. Beckett -- Henry Hoare, banker, his family and...

Introduction : from social problems to social policies -- The social worldview of medieval Christianity as prologue -- Secular transitions and assumptions -- Marx, Durkheim, and the limits of laissez-faire capitalism -- From theory to ideology -- Origins of social policy in Europe and the United...