Poverty in World History

By Steven M. Beaudoin and Steven Beaudoin

Book Overview

A genuinely global survey of world poverty from 1500 to the present day, Poverty in World History focuses upon the period from around 1500 onwards when poverty became a global issue, and uses the process of globalization as the chief lens through which to study and understand poverty in world history.

The result is both a tying together of significant strands of world history, and an examination of changing attitudes towards poverty and poor relief throughout the world. This wide ranging study underscores a major consequence of increased cultural and economic interaction among the world's societies, highlighting the similarities and differences in impacts and responses to the resulting 'smaller' globe. Topics include:

innovations in early modern poor relief the causes of trends towards a globalization of poverty after 1500 poor relief since 1945 to the present poverty, morality and the state.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415254590
• ISBN13: 9780415254595
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.2"