File Name: Booth, William - A. General In Darkest England and the Way Out
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In Darkest England and the Way Out is a book written by General Booth. It is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time. This great novel will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many, In Darkest England and the Way Out is required reading for various courses and curriculum's. And for others who simply enjoy reading timeless pieces of classic literature, this gem by General Booth is highly recommended. In Darkest England and the Way Out should be a part of everyone's personal library.
In 1890, Booth's controversial book, In Darkest England and The Way Out, was published in which he presented his plans for a program to help the poor and needy. His ideas were summarised in what he termed 'The Cab-Horse Charter' which read, "when a horse is down he is helped up, and while he lives he has food, shelter and work". Booth realised that this meagre standard was absolutely unattainable by millions of people in Britain yet the fact remained that cab horses were treated to a better standard of living than many people.
He appealed to the public for £100,000 to start his scheme and a further £30,000 per year to maintain the program.
Despite a lack of immediate funds Booth decided to put his plan into action. The first thing to be set up was a labour bureau to help people find work. He purchased a farm where men could be trained in certain types of work and at the same time gain some self-respect, because often when men had been unemployed for some years their confidence needed to be restored.
From this farm colony, men could be further helped through emigration to an overseas colony, where labourers were few. Whole families could be helped to a much better standard of living.
Other projects included a missing persons bureau to help find missing relatives and reunite families, more hostels for the homeless and a poor mans bank which could make small loans to workers who could buy tools or set up in a trade.
Booth's book sold 200,000 copies within the first year. Nine years after publication The Salvation Army had served 27 million cheap meals, lodged 11 million homeless people, traced 18,000 missing people and found jobs for 9,000 unemployed people.
Booth's book was used as a blueprint for the present day welfare state in the United Kingdom when it was set up by the government in 1948. Many of Booth's ideas were incorporated into the welfare state system.
CONTENTS
PART 1. THE DARKNESS.
CHAPTER 1. Why “Darkest England”?
CHAPTER 2. The Submerged Tenth
CHAPTER 3. The Homeless
CHAPTER 4. The Out-of-Works
CHAPTER 5. On the Verge of the Abyss
CHAPTER 6. The Vicious
CHAPTER 7. The Criminals
CHAPTER 8. The Children of the Lost
CHAPTER 9. Is there no Help?
PART 2. DELIVERANCE.
CHAPTER 1. A Stupendous Undertaking
CHAPTER 2. To the Rescue!--The City Colony
CHAPTER 3. To the Country!--The Farm Colony
CHAPTER 4. New Britain--The Colony Over Sea
CHAPTER 5. More Crusades
CHAPTER 6. Assistance in General
CHAPTER 7. Can it be done, and how?
CHAPTER 8. A Practical Conclusion
APPENDIX
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