Poverty, inequality and health in Britain: 1800-2000

A reader

Davey Smith, George, Dorling, Daniel

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Year: 2001
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781447342175
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Social Policy
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Inequalities in health, in terms of both empirical evidence and policies to tackle their reduction, are currently high on the research and political agendas. This reader provides two centuries of historical context to the current debate. Poverty, inequality and health in Britain: 1800-2000 presents extracts from classic texts on the subject of poverty, inequality and health in Britain. For the first time, these key resources are presented in a single volume. Each extract is accompanied by information about the author, and an introduction by the editors draws together themes of change and continuity over two hundred years. Some extracts present empirical evidence of the relationship of poverty and health, while others describe the gritty reality of the everyday struggles of the poor. This book will be of interest to students, researchers, academics and policy makers working in a range of disciplines: the social sciences, historical studies and health. It will also be of interest to all those concerned with tackling health inequalities and social justice generally. Studies in poverty, inequality and social exclusion series Series Editor: David Gordon, Director, Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research. Poverty, inequality and social exclusion remain the most fundamental problems that humanity faces in the 21st century. This exciting series, published in association with the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol, aims to make cutting-edge poverty related research more widely available. For other titles in this series, please follow the series link from the main catalogue page.

Table of contents

• Poverty, inequality and healthin Britain: 1800-2000
• Contents
• Sources and acknowledgements
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Further reading
• Timeline
• 1. Thomas Clarkson, 1760-1846
• 2. Thomas Malthus, 1766-1834
• 3. Factory Inquiry Commission, 1833
• 4. William Farr, 1807-83
• 5. Edwin Chadwick, 1800-90
• 6. Friedrich Engels, 1820-95
• 7. Henry Mayhew, 1812-87
• 8. Karl Marx, 1818-83
• 9. Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree, 1871-1954
• 10. Charles Booth, 1840-1916
• 11. Maud Pember Reeves, 1865-1953
• 12. Robert Tressell, 1870-1911
• 13. Edgar L. Collis, 1870-1957 and Major Greenwood, 1880-1949
• 14. Frank W. White (dates unknown)
• 15. George C.M. M’Gonigle (1888-1939) and J. Kirby (dates unknown)
• 16. John Boyd Orr, 1880-1971
• 17. Wal Hannington (1896-1966)
• 18. Margery Spring Rice, 1887-1970
• 19. William Beveridge, 1879-1963
• 20. Richard Titmuss, 1907-73
• 21. J.N. Morris, 1910-
• 22. John Hewetson, 1913-90
• 23. Aneurin Bevan, 1897-1960
• 24. Brian Abel-Smith, 1926-96 and Peter Townsend, 1928-
• 25. Robert Roberts, 1905-74
• 26. Julian Tudor Hart, 1927-
• 27. Inequalities in health: Report of a Research Working Group chaired by Sir Douglas Black (The Black Report) 1980
• 28. Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health (The Acheson Report) 1998
• Index