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Author Welshman, John.

Title Underclass : a history of the excluded, 1880-2000 / John Welshman
Published London ; New York : Hambledon Continuum, 2006

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Description xxix, 271 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: 1 Regulating the Residuum 1 -- 2 A Trojan Horse 21 -- 3 In Search of the Social Problem Group 45 -- 4 The Invention of the Problem Family 67 -- 5 Chasing the Culture of Poverty 87 -- 6 Sir Keith Joseph and the Cycle of Deprivation 107 -- 7 Uncovering the Underclass - America 127 -- 8 Uncovering the Underclass - Britain 157 -- 9 Social Exclusion and Cycles of Disadvantage 183 -- 10 Conclusion 205
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-256) and index
Subject Marginality, Social -- History -- 19th century.
Marginality, Social -- History -- 20th century.
Marginality, Social -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Marginality, Social -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Marginality, Social -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Marginality, Social -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Poor -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Poor -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Poor -- History -- 19th century.
Poor -- History -- 20th century.
Poor -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Poor -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Poor -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Poor -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Poor -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Poor -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
LC no. 2006386195
ISBN 1852853220 (hbk.)