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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452498603321

Autore

Smith Timothy B (Timothy Beresford)

Titolo

Creating the welfare state in France, 1880-1940 [[electronic resource] /] / Timothy B. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003

ISBN

1-282-86064-X

9786612860645

0-7735-7043-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Disciplina

361.6/5/094409041

Soggetti

Social security - France - History

Public welfare - France - History

Health insurance - France - History - 20th century

Unemployment - Government policy - France - History - 20th century

Sécurité sociale - France - Histoire

Aide sociale - France - Histoire

Assurance-maladie - France - Histoire - 20e siècle

Chômage - Politique gouvernementale - France - Histoire - 20e siècle

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-236) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The French social service landscape prior to World War I : localism vs. centralization -- The crucible of war -- Building mini-welfare states, 1920-1940 -- The decline of traditional charitable medicine, the emergence of limited national health insurance -- Unemployment policy, 1914-1940 : from the local to the national.