Publications
2016
Archival resources for social work history
Starkey, P. (2016). Archival resources for social work history. In Innovations in Social Work Research. Using methods creatively (pp. 77-91). London: Jessica Kingsley.
2015
Friend or foe? Internment in Huyton, 1940-1941
Starkey, P. (2015). Friend or foe? Internment in Huyton, 1940-1941. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 164, 55-70.
2014
Historical research
Starkey, P. (2014). Historical research. In A. Mcintosh-Scott, T. Mason, E. Mason-Whitehead, & D. Coyle (Eds.), Key Concepts in Nursing and Healthcare Research (pp. 101-106). London: Sage.
2012
Club feet and charity: children at the House of Charity, Soho, 1848-1914
Starkey, P. (2012). Club feet and charity: children at the House of Charity, Soho, 1848-1914. In Disabled children:contested caring 1850-1979 (pp. 15-28). London: Pickering & Chatto.
2011
Change or decay: the House of St Barnabas in Soho, 1919-2000
Starkey, P. (2011). Change or decay: the House of St Barnabas in Soho, 1919-2000. In C. Rochester, A. Penn, G. Gosling, & M. Zimmeck (Eds.), Understanding the roots of voluntary action. HIstorical pespectives on current social policy (pp. 155-167). Brighton: Sussex University Press.
2010
Friendship with a purpose: Family Service Units
Starkey, P. (2010). Friendship with a purpose: Family Service Units. In R. Morris, & H. Russell (Eds.), Rooted in the city: 100 years of voluntary action in Liverpool (pp. 27-34). Liverpool: Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services.
2008
Temporary relief for specially recommended or selected persons? The mission of the House of Charity, Soho, 1846-1914
Starkey, P. (2008). Temporary relief for specially recommended or selected persons? The mission of the House of Charity, Soho, 1846-1914. Urban HIstory.
2007
Retelling the stories of clients of voluntary social work agencies in Britain after 1945
Starkey, P. (2007). Retelling the stories of clients of voluntary social work agencies in Britain after 1945. In A. Borsay, & P. Shapely (Eds.), Medicine, Charity and mutual aid. The consumption of health and welfare in Britain, c.1550-1950 (pp. 30). Aldershot: Ashgate.
2006
'Kindhearted and good with people' or skilled professionals? Social work training - the evidence of student files at the University of Liverpool
Starkey, P. (2006). 'Kindhearted and good with people' or skilled professionals? Social work training - the evidence of student files at the University of Liverpool. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire.
Saints, virgins and family members: exemplary biographies? Josephine Butler as biographer
Starkey, P. (2006). Saints, virgins and family members: exemplary biographies? Josephine Butler as biographer. In J. Daggers, & D. Neal (Eds.), Sex, gender and religion: Jospehine Butler revisited (pp. 19). New York: Peter Lang.
2005
Women religious and religious women. The role of faith and institutional religion in women's lives
Starkey, P. (2005). Women religious and religious women. The role of faith and institutional religion in women's lives. In D. Simonton (Ed.), The Routledge History of European Women from 1700. (pp. 50). London: Routledge.
2002
Introduction. Four hundred years of charity
Starkey, P. (2002). Introduction. Four hundred years of charity. Voluntary Action, 5.
·'Can the piper call the tune? Innovation and experiment by a voluntary social work agency, 1940-1985',
Starkey, P. (2002). ·'Can the piper call the tune? Innovation and experiment by a voluntary social work agency, 1940-1985',. British Journal of Social Work, 32(5), 573-587.
2001
Child welfare and social action in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - international perspectives
Lawrence, J., & Starkey, P. (Eds.) (2001). Child welfare and social action in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - international perspectives. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.
Mental incapacity, ill health and poverty: family failure in post-war Britain
Starkey, P. (2001). Mental incapacity, ill health and poverty: family failure in post-war Britain. In J. Lawrence, & P. Starkey (Eds.), Child welfare and social action in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. International perspectives (pp. 22). Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.
2000
· 'The feckless mother. Women, poverty and social workers in 1940s England',
Starkey, P. (2000). · 'The feckless mother. Women, poverty and social workers in 1940s England',. Women's History Review, 9.
Families and Social Workers. The work of Family Service Units, 1940-1985
Starkey, P. (2000). Families and Social Workers. The work of Family Service Units, 1940-1985. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.
1998
The Medical Officer of Health, the social worker and the problem family, 1943-1968: the case of Family Service Units
Starkey, P. (1998). The Medical Officer of Health, the social worker and the problem family, 1943-1968: the case of Family Service Units. Social History of Medicine, 11.
1997
Uncommon entrance? The recruitment of probationers to Merseyside hospitals, 1919 - 1938
Starkey, P., & Colman, A. (1997). Uncommon entrance? The recruitment of probationers to Merseyside hospitals, 1919 - 1938. International History of Nursing Journal, 2(3), 5-16.
1995
The Middle Ages in the North-West
Scott, T., & Starkey, P. (Eds.) (1995). The Middle Ages in the North-West. Oxford: Leopard's Head Press.
1994
Nursing memories. From probationers to professors
Starkey, P. (Ed.) (1994). Nursing memories. From probationers to professors. Liverpool: National Museums and Galleris on Merseyside.