Author: Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Indoor Paupers
Author: Indoor Paupers by One of Them
Author: Indoor Paupers by 'One of Them'
Author: One of ThemPublisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781482083989
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Now available for the first time in more than a century, this unique book provides an insider's view of life inside a London workhouse in the 1880s. Originally published anonymously, a new preface by Peter Higginbotham uncovers the identity of the author and that of the workhouse he describes. The book, the only full-length account of workhouse life through an inmate's eyes, includes fascinating details of the characters who inhabited the institution and the sometimes nefarious practices engaged in by its staff.
Pauper Capital
Author: David R. GreenPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317082931
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Few measures, if any, could claim to have had a greater impact on British society than the poor law. As a comprehensive system of relieving those in need, the poor law provided relief for a significant proportion of the population but influenced the behaviour of a much larger group that lived at or near the margins of poverty. It touched the lives of countless numbers of individuals not only as paupers but also as ratepayers, guardians, officials and magistrates. This system underwent significant change in the nineteenth century with the shift from the old to the new poor law. The extent to which changes in policy anticipated new legislation is a key question and is here examined in the context of London. Rapid population growth and turnover, the lack of personal knowledge between rich and poor, and the close proximity of numerous autonomous poor law authorities created a distinctly metropolitan context for the provision of relief. This work provides the first detailed study of the poor law in London during the period leading up to and after the implementation of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. Drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary sources the book focuses explicitly on the ways in which those involved with the poor law - both as providers and recipients - negotiated the provision of relief. In the context of significant urban change in the late eighteenth and nineteenth century, it analyses the poor law as a system of institutions and explores the material and political processes that shaped relief policies.
Report
Author: Commonwealth Shipping CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shipping
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
The English Poor Law System, Past and Present
Author: Paul Felix AschrottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Old age pensions
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 984
Book Description
Sessional Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Essex Pauper Letters, 1731-1837
Author: Thomas SokollPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780197263488
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
The immensely rich archives from the administration of the English poor law before 1834 include letters to the overseers of the poor that came from the poor themselves. As personal testimonies of people claiming relief, which are often written in a stunningly 'private' tone, pauper letters allow deep insights into the living conditions, experiences and attitudes of the labouring poor in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This edition contains some 750 of these letters, all those presently known to survive in the county of Essex. The Introduction demonstrates the immense importance of this neglected source, both for the social historian and for the comparative study of literacy.
Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress ...
Author: Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of DistressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poor
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description