Table of Contents
Introduction Part 1: Early Life and Career to the End of 1941 ‘As the Son of a Farmer…’: Origins, Early Employment, and Personal Life Politics: The Liberal Party, the ‘Fleet Street Parliament’, and Forward March The Eugenics Society, Poverty and Population, and ‘Manpower and Health’ The Titmuss Gospel and Progressive Opinion Part 2: From Problems of Social Policy to the London School of Economics Problems of Social Policy: Researching and Fire-Watching Titmuss and the Eugenics Society in War Titmuss and the Media in the 1940s – a Growing Reputation Population and Family: Parents Revolt and the Beginnings of Social Medicine The London School of Economics and ‘Social Administration in a Changing Society’ Part 3: First Decade at the LSE Setting Out His Stall The Guillebaud Committee and the Early Years of the National Health Service Pensions and Old Age ‘We Have Our Differences and Do Not Always See Eye to Eye’: Social Work and Social Work Training Essays on ‘The Welfare State’ and The Irresponsible Society Part 4: Power and Influence: Titmuss, 1960 to 1973 ‘The Apostle of Equality’: Titmuss and R.H. Tawney Mental Health, Community Care, and Medical Education Mauritius, Tanzania, and Israel Scottish Social Work and the Seebohm Committee Commitment to Welfare and the Finer Committee on One-Parent Families Titmuss and North America: Early Encounters and First Visit Helping American Scholars on British Topics Titmuss and President Johnson’s ‘War on Poverty’ ‘One of the Greatest Human Beings of Our Time’: Titmuss’s Influence on North American Thinking on Social Welfare Part 5: Troubles? The Labour Government, Social Policy, and the Supplementary Benefits Commission A Public Figure in Turbulent Times: Vietnam, Race Relations, and the Common Market Health Care, the Market, and the Institute of Economic Affairs: the Making of The Gift Relationship ‘It Really Is Hell’: Disruption at the LSE ‘A New Prophet Had Appeared in Our Midst’: Final Illness, Death, and Memorial Service Part 6: Conclusion A Commitment to Welfare: The Life and Work of Richard Titmuss
