Hard and Unreal Advice: Mothers, Social Science and the Victorian Poverty Experts by Martin, K.

Hard and Unreal Advice: Mothers, Social Science and the Victorian Poverty Experts (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781349300099)

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Hard and Unreal Advice: Mothers, Social Science and the Victorian Poverty Experts by Martin, K.

Hard and Unreal Advice: Mothers, Social Science and the Victorian Poverty Experts

$54.99
Hard and Unreal Advice: Mothers, Social Science and the Victorian Poverty Experts by Martin, K.

Hard and Unreal Advice: Mothers, Social Science and the Victorian Poverty Experts

$54.99
Format: Paperback
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The first detailed and systematic study of the social science of poverty as practiced by the Victorian experts who had so much influence on relief policy in this area, and who were among the founders of British social science. The book examines what they knew, or what they thought they knew, about the poor.

Author: K. Martin
ISBN-10: 1349300098
ISBN-13: 9781349300099
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2008
Pages: 229
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d
By K. Martin
By K. Martin
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KATHLEEN CALLANAN MARTIN is Professor in the College of General Studies at Boston University, USA. Drawing on her background in both sociology and history, she examines in her research the interplay of culture, theory and methodology in social science. She received her MA in Sociology from Ohio State University and her PhD in Comparative History from Brandeis University.

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