Poverty in world history

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beaudoin, Steven M. [ (Steven Maurice)] , 1965- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge , c2007
Series:Themes in world history
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Poverty and charity in the pre-modern world : causes, perceptions, and strategies
  • 2. Poverty in the emerging global economy
  • 3. Innovations in early modern poor relief
  • 4. Industrialization, imperialism, and world poverty, 1750-1945
  • 5. Poverty, morality, and the state, 1750-1945
  • 6. Poverty and poor relief after 1945