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The award-winning historical work on the British welfare state – now fully revised and updated for the 21st century.
“A masterpiece” - Sunday Times
Giants of want. Giants of disease. Giants of ignorance. Giants of squalor. Giants of idleness.
These were the Five Giants that loomed over the reconstruction of Britain after the war. The battle against them was fought through five giant programs that formed the core of the welfare state: social security, health, education, housing, and full employment policy.
This book brilliantly captures the high expectations of the era in which the welfare state was created, and the eccentric zeal of its creator, William Beveridge, recounting the story of how his vision inspired a whole country. The pages of this modern classic are alive with the energies and passions of activists, visionaries, and ordinary Britons, and simmer with personal vendettas, enforced compromises, complex contradictions, and the tumultuous debates of the subsequent seventy years.
The Five Giants is a testament to a concept of governance that is intertwined with so many of our personal stories and a dramatic reminder of what we might be in danger of losing.
Pages: 816, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm
Manufacturer
- Author
- Nicholas Timmins
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Language
- English
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 816
- Release Date
- 02/11/2017
- Type
- Biography
- Attribute
- Politicians
- Publication Date
- 2017
- Dimensions
- 13x20 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780007335138
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