Poverty, gender and life-cycle under the English poor law, 1760-1834 /

Social welfare, increasingly extensive during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, was by the first third of the nineteenth under considerable, and growing, pressure, during a "crisis" period when levels of poverty soared. This book examines the poor and their families during these fi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Williams, Samantha, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, U.K. ; Rochester, N.Y. : Boydell & Brewer, 2011.
Series:Royal Historical Society studies in history. New series.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Public welfare > England > History > 19th century.
Poor laws > England > History > 19th century.
Poverty > England > History > 19th century.
Poor > England > History > 19th century.
Poor > England > Bedfordshire > History > 19th century > Case studies.
Aide sociale > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Pauvreté > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Pauvres > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Pauvres > Angleterre > Bedfordshire > Histoire > 19e siècle > Études de cas.
Lois sur les pauvres > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
HISTORY > Modern > General.
Poor
Poor laws
Poverty
Public welfare
England
England > Bedfordshire
Case studies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • People, place and poverty
  • Policy and paupers
  • Paying for poverty
  • Gender, life-cycle and the life-course
  • Work, unemployment and the makeshift economy
  • Conclusion.

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