Victorian Britain Did Fail

Endangered lives. Public health in Victorian Britain

somewhat tempted to put in a word for the swine. Of course, William Pickles's classic on Epidemiology in country practice is readily available in medical libraries; but I suspect that Lord Moynihan's Truants is not, and Ruth Holland's collection of Richard Asher's writings is certainly not thus available. I hope that after a decent interval, A sense of Asher will be reprinted, possibly even as ...

Medicine and Community in Victorian Britain

Did the Extension of the Franchise Increase the Liberal Vote in Victorian Britain? Evidence from the Second Reform Act

We use evidence from the Second Reform Act, introduced in the United Kingdom in 1867, to analyze the impact on electoral outcomes of extending the vote to the unskilled urban population. By exploiting the sharp change in the electorate caused by franchise extension, we separate the effect of reform from that of underlying constituency level traits correlated with the voting population. Although...

Why Did the Swedish Model Fail?

'From Marx to Market' is not only the title of a well-known book' or a play on words: the slogan can also be used as a telegraphed history of the Swedish labour movement. The late 19th century pioneers of the movement were strongly influenced by German marxists and had as a concrete goal the transfer of the means of production into collective ownership. Their modern followers have abandoned as ...

Socialists and Social Reformers in Late Victorian and Edwardian Britain