Author: Paul SlackPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521557856
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
A concise synthesis of past work on a unique and important system of social welfare.
The English Poor Law, 1531-1782
Author: Paul SlackPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521557856
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
A concise synthesis of past work on a unique and important system of social welfare.
Obligation, Entitlement and Dispute under the English Poor Laws
Author: Peter JonesPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443886610
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
With its focus on poverty and welfare in England between the seventeenth and later nineteenth centuries, this book addresses a range of questions that are often thought of as essentially “modern”: How should the state support those in work but who do not earn enough to get by? How should communities deal with in-migrants and immigrants who might have made only the lightest contribution to the economic and social lives of those communities? What basket of welfare rights ought to be attached to the status of citizen? How might people prove, maintain and pass on a sense of “belonging” to a place? How should and could the poor navigate a welfare system which was essentially discretionary? What agency could the poor have and how did ordinary officials understand their respective duties to the poor and to taxpayers? And how far was the state successful in introducing, monitoring and maintaining a uniform welfare system which matched the intent and letter of the law? This volume takes these core questions as a starting point. Synthesising a rich body of sources ranging from pauper letters through to legal cases in the highest courts in the land, this book offers a re-evaluation of the Old and New Poor Laws. Challenging traditional chronological dichotomies, it evaluates and puts to use new sources, and questions a range of long-standing assumptions about the experience of being poor. In doing so, the compelling voices of the poor move to centre stage and provide a human dimension to debates about rights, obligations and duties under the Old and New Poor Laws.
English Poor Law History
Author: Sidney WebbPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
A History of the English Poor Law
Author: Sir George NichollsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poor laws
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
A History of the English Poor Law
Author: George NichollsAn Economic History of the English Poor Law, 1750-1850
Author: George R. BoyerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521364795
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
This book examines the political motivation, regional variations and the economic and demographic impact of the Poor Law in the rural south of England.
The English Poor Law System, Past and Present
Author: Paul Felix AschrottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Old age pensions
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
The English Poor Laws 1700-1930
Author: Anthony BrundagePublisher: Red Globe Press
ISBN: 033368270X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Brundage examines the nature and operation of the English poor law system from the early 18th century to its termination in 1930.
A History of the English Poor Law
Author: Sir George NichollsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poor laws
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
English Poor Law History
Author: Sidney WebbPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description