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Pauperland : poverty and the poor in Britain /
In 1797 Jeremy Bentham prepared a map of poverty in Britain, which he called ""Pauperland."" More than two hundred years later, poverty and social deprivation remain widespread in Britain. Yet despite the investigations into poverty by Mayhew, Booth, and in the 20th century, Town...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Hurst,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1. How The World Remains Poor; 2. The Perils of Wealth; 3. Where Did the Poor Come From?; 4. Continuities: Historical Attitudes towards the Poor; 5. Voices of the Poor; 6. The Industrial Poor; 7. The Enduring Image of Poverty; 8. An Impermanent Settlement; 9. Modernised Poverty; 10. The Impoverishment of Riches; Conclusion; Index; Footnotes.