Bread for All

The Origins of the Welfare State

Chris Renwick

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Penguin Books Ltd
15 August 2018

British & Irish history; Social & cultural history; Welfare & benefit systems

A landmark book from a remarkable new historian, on a subject that has never been more important - or imperilled

Today, everybody seems to agree that something has gone badly wrong with the British welfare state. This major new history tells the story of one the greatest transformations in British intellectual, social and political life- the creation of the welfare state, from the Victorian workhouse, where you had to be destitute to receive help, to a moment just after the Second World War, when government embraced responsibilities for people's housing, education, health and family life, a commitment that was unimaginable just a century earlier. Though these changes were driven by developments in different and sometimes unexpected currents in British life, they were linked by one over-arching idea- that through rational and purposeful intervention, government can remake society. It was an idea that, during the early twentieth century, came to inspire people across the political spectrum.

In exploring this extraordinary transformation, Bread for All explores and challenges our assumptions about what the welfare state was originally for, and the kinds of people who were involved in creating it. In doing so, it asks what the idea continues to mean for us today.

By: Chris Renwick
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9780141980355
ISBN 10: 0141980354
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 15 August 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chris Renwick is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at the University of York, where he has taught since 2010. His main area of expertise is the relationship between biology, social science and politics, especially how the interaction of the three has shaped the way we think about, study, and govern society since the early nineteenth century.

Reviews for Bread for All: The Origins of the Welfare State

A brilliant book, full of little revelations -- Jon Cruddas * Prospect * Carefully argued, deftly balanced and wittily written, with countless lovely details -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *