British Social Work in the Nineteenth Century

Download or read book British Social Work in the Nineteenth Century written by E.T. Ashton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998. An examination of the main branches of social work in Great Britain and their development from their confused beginnings to the state they reached by the nineteenth century. Also discussed are the material changes in the conditions of life that took place in the century, and a brief appraisal of the philosophical and religious ideas that influenced people's minds and affected their attitude to the poor and their approach to social work.