'Brien and D. Heath -- A world elsewhere / J.R.T. Hughes -- The decline of the small landowner in England and Wales, 1660 … the ninetheenth century / F.M.L. Thompson -- Men, women, and property / R.J. Morris -- Entrepreneurship and public inquiry …

This collection of twelve essays reviews the history of welfare in Britain over the past 150 years. It focuses on the … the welfare state. It thereby constructs an intellectual history of British welfare since the concept first emerged at the …