Royal Bounty: The Making of a Welfare Monarchy

by Frank Prochaska

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As the constitutional importance of the monarchy has declined, the British royal family has forged a new and popular role for itself as patron, promoter, and fund-raiser for the underprivileged and the deserving. This book--the first to study the evolution of the "welfare monarchy"--tells the story of the royal family's charitable and social work from the eighteenth century to the present.

Drawing on previously unused material from the Royal...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0300064535

ISBN13:9780300064537

Release Date:November 1995

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:344 Pages

Weight:2.00 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Related Subjects

History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences

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