{"product_id":"hospital-politics-in-seventeenth-century-france-tim-mchugh-9781138276000","title":"Hospital Politics in Seventeenth-Century France: The Crown, Urban Elites and the Poor","description":"This book explores poor relief and charitable health care in French cities during the seventeenth century, a period that witnessed much reform and change in the way these services were administered. By reintegrating the social aspirations of urban elites into the history of French poor relief, it shows how they initiated reform in towns and cities when it suited them, but where such reforms were not perceived as needed, or not affordable, they ignored central government edicts to build new institutions. In other words, reforms of poor relief and health welfare were local and shaped by local experiences, not as part of the crown's drive towards centralization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim McHugh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138276006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138276000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.43d","brand":"Tim McHugh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48444029501695,"sku":"9781138276000","price":73.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c2ff31da-c913-4e89-ab2b-2638e28ef559.jpg?v=1777209517","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hospital-politics-in-seventeenth-century-france-tim-mchugh-9781138276000","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}