"From the Cradle to the Grave" is the second most popular module in the new Intermediate History courses run in Scotland under the Higher Still programme. There are currently no books written for this topic, so this text will fill the gap. The book deals with social history during the period 1890 to 1951, focusing in particular on the changing role of government in tackling the problem of poverty, and dealing with a new relationship between the people of Britain and their government.

 

This book is part of a book series called Hodder Intermediate History .

There are 112 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Hodder Education .

Simon Wood is a senior teacher for History and Modern Studies, and is an SQA marker for Higher papers. Claire Wood is also a history teacher; both live in Glasgow.

This book has the following chapters: Chapter 1 - Attitudes to Poverty Chapter 10 - The Labour Reforms Chapter 2 - Government Actions Chapter 3 - Why did Attitudes to Poverty Change? Chapter 4 - The Liberal Reforms Chapter 5 - Problems for the Reform Programme Chapter 6 - The First World War and Inter-War Years Chapter 7 - The Impact of the Second World War Chapter 8 - The Beveridge Report and 'Five Giants' of Poverty Chapter 9 - The Election of 1945