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In their own write : contesting the new poor law 1834-1900 /
"Few subjects in European welfare history attract as much attention as the nineteenth-century English and Welsh New Poor Law. Its founding statute was at once considered the single most important piece of social legislation ever enacted, and the coming of its institutions - from penny-pinching...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
[2022]
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| Colección: | States, people, and the history of social change ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1 Thinking about the New Poor Law
- PART ONE Finding and Hearing "Voices"
- 2 Navigating and Measuring
- 3 Advocating for the Poor
- 4 Responding to Paupers and Advocates: The Central Authority
- PART TWO Pauper Agency
- 5 Rhetoric and Strategy: A Corpus View
- 6 Knowing the Poor "Law"
- 7 The Female Voice
- 8 Becoming Old
- 9 The Able-Bodied Poor
- PART THREE Contestation
- 10 Punishing the Pauper Complainant
- 11 Limits to Agency? The Sick Poor
- 12 Experiencing the Poor Law
- Appendix: Sampling