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Richard M. Titmuss

    Im Interesse der Kultur
    Essays on the Welfare State
    The Cost of the National Health Service in England and Wales
    Birth Poverty And WealthA Study Of Infant Mortality
    Forbidden Wife
    • 2023

      This influential study of infant mortality remains a classic in the fields of public health and social policy. Drawing on a wide range of data sources, including official statistics, historical records, and personal interviews, Titmuss provides a comprehensive portrait of the causes and consequences of infant mortality, and offers a powerful critique of the political and economic forces that perpetuate poverty and inequality. This new edition features a foreword by renowned public health expert Sir Michael Marmot, as well as a wealth of updated data and analysis.

      Birth Poverty And WealthA Study Of Infant Mortality
    • 2020

      The first and definitive tale of the tumultuous and tragic life of Lady Augusta Murray, the forbidden wife of a royal prince in Georgian England

      Forbidden Wife
    • 2019

      Essays on the Welfare State

      • 212 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      This reissued classic contains a selection of Richard Titmuss (1907-1973) most famous writing on social issues. It covers subjects from the position of women in society, changes in family life to the problems of an ageing population, pensions, social security and taxation policy, and the development of the national health service.

      Essays on the Welfare State
    • 2016