Poverty and welfare in England, 1700-1850 : a regional perspective

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    • King, Steven

書誌事項

Poverty and welfare in England, 1700-1850 : a regional perspective

Steven King

（Manchester studies in modern history / general editor, Jeremy Black）

Manchester University Press , distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 2000

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: hbk ISBN 9780719049392

内容説明

The first comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the literature on poverty, communal welfare systems and alternative welfare strategies. Offers a new perspective on how we should conceptualise poverty and how ordinary families and communities responded to that poverty.. Indicates the need for new directions in the study of poverty and welfare using previously unpublished results form one of the biggest poor law databases in existence.. Argues that welfare historians have paid too little attention to the complexities of defining and measuring poverty, and a variety of primary source material is used to reconsider the extent of poverty in the period 1700-1850.. Provides the first systematic attempt to discuss the regional dimensions of the welfare system in an English context. This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 1, No poverty. -- .

目次

  • Poverty and welfare - the legal framework
  • the welfare debate
  • defining and measuring poverty
  • alternative worlds of poverty
  • welfare in the south and east 1700-1820
  • welfare in the north and west 1700-1820
  • welfare under the new poor law 1821-1850
  • conclusion - old and new perspectives in welfare history
  • appendices.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780719049408

内容説明

The first comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the literature on poverty, communal welfare systems and alternative welfare strategies. Offers a new perspective on how we should conceptualise poverty and how ordinary families and communities responded to that poverty.. Indicates the need for new directions in the study of poverty and welfare using previously unpublished results form one of the biggest poor law databases in existence.. Argues that welfare historians have paid too little attention to the complexities of defining and measuring poverty, and a variety of primary source material is used to reconsider the extent of poverty in the period 1700-1850.. Provides the first systematic attempt to discuss the regional dimensions of the welfare system in an English context. This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 1, No poverty. -- .

目次

List of figures, tables and maps Preface 1. Introduction 2. Poverty and welfare: the legal framework 3. The welfare debate 4. Defining and measuring poverty 5. Alternative worlds of poverty 6. Welfare in the south and east, 1700-1820 7. Welfare in the north and west, 1700-1820 8. Welfare under the new poor law, 1821-1850 9. Conclusion: old and new perspectives in welfare history Appendix one - Places Appendix two - A legal chronology of the poor laws Bibliography Index -- .

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