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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Tim McHughPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9781138276000ISBN 10: 1138276006 Pages: 202 Publication Date: 27 February 2017 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction; Chapter One Theories of Charity and Poor Relief; Chapter Two Hospitals and the State; Chapter Three The Reform of the Paris Hôtel Dieu; Chapter Four The Reform of Poor Relief in Paris; Chapter Five Social Welfare in a Developing Provincial Capital: Montpellier; Chapter Six Reforming Social Welfare in a Divided Town: Nîmes; conclusions Conclusions;Reviews'Tim McHugh's book offers a fresh and highly readable treatment of an important subject... McHugh's careful research, clear writing, and comparative findings on an important set of historical problems make his study a solid contribution to the history of poor relief, the history of French political development, and early modern urban history.' Renaissance Quarterly 'By focusing on the traditional role of local elites in providing for local poor in cities and towns, McHugh successfully challenges previous interpretations.. ...Hospital Politics is most useful for graduate students and professional historians interested in early modern French, institutional or medical history. Beyond these particular areas, McHugh makes a significant contribution to the larger discipline by extending important challenges. ...Ultimately, this study both adds to the historiography and accomplishes its objectives by successfully questioning previously held notions about the extent of the crown's authority with a thorough examination of the role played by local elites within early modern French hospital politics.' French History 'McHugh's well-written account of the influence of local elites and their connections to poor relief utilizes an amazing amount and array of primary sources and skilfully situates itself in the debate over the power of the French monarchy in absolutist France.' Sixteenth Century Journal 'All in all, this book provides a useful and well-constructed contribution to our knowledge of the relations between the Crown and local elites in early modern France, as well as to the history of larger hospitals.' European History Quarterly 'McHugh's book is a refreshing and informative contribution to the growing annals on hospital and poor relief reform in the Early Modern period.' Parergon Author InformationTim McHugh is Wellcome Trust Researcher and Lecturer in the History of Medicine in the School of History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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