The London School of Economics (Works of William H. Beveridge)

And Its Problems 1919-1937

William H. Beveridge

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781138828346
• eBook ISBN: 9781317572862
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

The eighteen years when William Beveridge was Director of the LSE, saw some of the School's greatest expansion. The years between the wars presented a number of problems discussed in this book, such as those of finding space in the heart of London, of the proper scope and method of economics, of academic self-government and of political activity by university readers of social sciences. The last chapter tells of the author's forty years of friendship with Sidney and Beatrice Webb, using letters between him and them that had not been published before publication of this book in 1960.

INDEX

• Aberdeen 92
• Academic Assistance Council 49
• Akbar 71
• Alperton 59
• American Educational Mission 17
• Annual Digest of Public International Lam 51
• Annual Survey of English Law 51
• Anstey, Mrs. Vera 61, 128
• Anthony, Miss 66, 72
• Ashfield, Lord 60
• Asquith, H. H. 36, 52, 70
• Astor, Viscountess 64
• Attlee, Clement 58
• Austen, Jane 37
• Australia 17, 22
• Austria 68

• Babur 71
• Baldwin, Stanley (Prime Minister) 66
• Balliol College 33, 35, 39, 75, 76, 109
• Barker, W. R. 24
• Berry, Sir William 24, 26
• Beveridge, Henry 67, 71, 72
• Beveridge, Mrs. Henry (author's mother) 37, 41, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76
• Beveridge, the Lady—her An Epic of Clare Market is antecedent of this book 7
  • which includes record of her activities at L.S.E. 8
  • appointed secretary 20, 21
  • interviewed by Sir William M’Cormick 22
  • asks L.C.C. for help on Houghton Street site 26
  • crosswords 28
  • ‘Sixty Years On’ in Clare Market Review 29
  • memories of St. Andrews colours approach to students 33
  • Students Union Executive entertained 36
  • inaugurates Lunch Hour Concerts 37
  • inaugurates Literary Society 37–8
  • Green Street 40
  • election of new students 41
  • graduates’ appreciation 42–3, 45
  • teachers’ conditions im-proved 46–8
  • appreciation of Professor Cannan and Pro-fessor Knowles 49
  • acquisi-tion of Maiden field 59–60
  • Inter-Allied Commission to Vienna 68
  • vacation activities 70, 74
  • help with parents 71–2
  • function of administrative staff ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• PREFACE
• Contents
• Illustrations
• I A NEW START AFTER WAR
• II THE BATTLE OF HOUGHTON STREET
• III STUDENTS AND THEIR PROBLEMS
• IV TEACHERS AND THEIR PROBLEMS
• V ECONOMISTS AT PLAY
• VI PRE-OCCUPATIONS OF A DIRECTOR
• VII. THE PROBLEM OF ACADEMIC SELFGOVERNMENT
• VIII THE SCOPE AND METHOD OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
• IX CENTENARY OF THE WEBBS
• APPENDIX I Statistics
• APPENDIX II Resolutions on Staff and Political Activities
• APPENDIX III Notes on Some of the Illustrations
• INDEX