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      RICHARD TITMUSS

      A Commitment to Welfare

      JOHN STEWART

      First published in Great Britain in 2020 by

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      Contents

      Acronyms

      Acknowledgements

      1Introduction

Titmuss in the twentieth century

The ‘Titmuss paradigm’

Understanding Titmuss: David Reisman

Titmuss the person

This volume

       Part 1Early life and career to the end of 1941

      2‘As the son of a farmer…’: origins, early employment, and personal life

Introduction

Birth, childhood, and youth

Employment

Marriage and private life

Conclusion

      3Politics: the Liberal Party, the ‘Fleet Street Parliament’, and Forward March

Introduction

The Liberal Party and the Fleet Street Parliament

International affairs: ‘Crime and Tragedy’

Liberal Summer School

Forward March

Titmuss’s liberalism

Conclusion

      4The Eugenics Society, Poverty and Population, and ‘Manpower and Health’

Introduction

The Eugenics Society

Poverty and Population

Government statistics and population health in peace and war

Conclusion

      5The Titmuss gospel and progressive opinion

Introduction

Getting the message out

R.H. Tawney and The Acquisitive Society

Saving the poor and feeding the masses

Conclusion

       Part 2From Problems of Social Policy to the London School of Economics

      6Problems of Social Policy: researching and firewatching

Introduction

The trials of authorship

The history of the Home Front

Lady Allen and Lady Reading