Contents

pp iii-ix

Acronyms

pp x-x

Acknowledgements

pp xi-xiv

1 - Introduction

pp 1-16

Part 1 - Early Life and Career to the End of 1941

pp 17-18

2 - ‘As the son of a Farmer’: Origins, Early Employment, and Personal Life

pp 19-32

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

pp 33-50

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

pp 51-68

5 - The Titmuss Gospel and Progressive Opinion

pp 69-82

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

pp 83-84

6 - Problems of Social Policy: Researching and Firewatching

pp 85-108

7 - Titmuss and the Eugenics Society in war

pp 109-124

8 - Titmuss and the Media in the 1940s: a Growing Reputation

pp 125-136

9 - Population and Family: Parents Revolt and the Beginnings of Social Medicine

pp 137-154

10 - The London School of Economics and ‘Social Administration in a Changing Society’

pp 155-170

Part 3 - First Decade at the LSE

pp 171-172

11 - Setting out his Stall

pp 173-188

12 - The Guillebaud Committee and the Early years of the National Health Service

pp 189-204

13 - Pensions and Old Age

pp 205-226

14 - ‘We have our Differences and do not Always see Eye to Eye’: Social Work and Social Work Training

pp 227-250

15 - Essays on ‘The Welfare State’ and The Irresponsible Society

pp 251-270

Part 4 - Power and Influence: Titmuss, 1960 to 1973

pp 271-272

16 - ‘The Apostle of Equality’: Titmuss and R.H. Tawney

pp 273-288

17 - Mental Health, Community Care, and Medical Education

pp 289-306

18 - Mauritius, Tanganyika (Tanzania), and Israel

pp 307-330

19 - Scottish Social Work and the Seebohm Committee

pp 331-348

20 - Commitment to Welfare and the Finer Committee on One-Parent Families

pp 349-368

21 - Titmuss and North America: Early Encounters and First Visit

pp 369-386

22 - Helping American Scholars on British Topics

pp 387-402