In their own write : contesting the new poor law 1834-1900

In their own write : contesting the new poor law 1834-1900 / Steven King, Paul Carter, Natalie Carter, Peter Jones, and Carol Beardmore.

"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...

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Main Authors: King, Steven, 1966- (Author), Carter, Paul, active 2003 (Author), Carter, Natalie (Researcher) (Author), Jones, Peter (Historian) (Author), Beardmore, Carol (Carol Anne) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]
Series:States, people, and the history of social change ; 6.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Poor laws > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Poor > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Poor > Great Britain > Social conditions > 19th century.
Public welfare > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
Poor
Poor laws
Poor > Social conditions
Public welfare
Great Britain
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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