Books by Peter Shapely

This book is concerned with the interaction of traditional politics, culture and social groups, of local and national influences, of ideals and individuals. It looks at local government, social groups and housing policy in the twentieth century. This is a remarkable story of how these factors were interwoven to create and manage policy. -- .

Focusing on the recipients of charity, rather than the donors or institutions, this book tackles searching questions of social control and cohesion, and the relationship between providers and recipients. It provides an introduction that locates medicine, charity and mutual aid within their broad historiographical and urban contexts.