ISBN:
1423706382
,
0719061598
,
1847790666
,
9781847790668
,
9780719061592
,
9781423706380
,
1280734132
,
9781280734137
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 285 p
,
ill
,
22 cm
Edition:
Boulder, Colo NetLibrary 2005 Online-Ressource E-Books von NetLibrary
Series Statement:
EBSCOhost eBook Collection
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Poor in England, 1700-1850
DDC:
305.569094209033
Keywords:
Public welfare History
;
England
;
Poor History
;
England
;
Income History
;
England
;
Social networks History
;
England
;
Charity History
;
Public welfare History
;
England
;
England
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Poor History
;
Income History
;
Social networks History
;
Charity History
;
Public welfare History
;
Public welfare History
;
England
;
Poor History
;
England
;
Income History
;
England
;
Social networks History
;
England
;
Charity History
;
History
;
History: specific events and topics
;
Social and cultural history
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Poverty & Homelessness
;
HISTORY ; Europe ; Great Britain
;
Charity
;
Income
;
Poor
;
Public welfare
;
Social networks
;
Armut
;
Armoede
;
Liefdadigheid
;
Welzijnszorg
;
Humanities
;
History
;
England
;
England
;
England ; Poorhouses, poor law, etc ; History
;
Electronic books History
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Großbritannien
;
Soziale Situation
;
Armut
;
Wirtschaftliche Lage
;
Wohlfahrt
;
Geschichte 1700-1850
Abstract:
Introduction Alannah Tomkins and Steven King -- 'Not by bread only'? Common right, parish relief and endowed charity in a forest economy, c. 1600-1800 Steve Hindle -- The economy of makeshifts and the role of the poor law: a game of chance? Margaret Hanly -- 'Agents in their own concerns'? Charity and the economy of makeshifts in eighteenth-century Britain Sarah Lloyd -- Crime, criminal networks and the survival strategies of the poor in early eighteenth-century London Heather Shore)
Abstract:
List of tables; List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction (Alannah Tomkins and Steven King); 2 'Not by bread only'? Common right, parish relief and endowed charity in a forest economy, c. 1600-1800 (Steve Hindle); 3 The economy of makeshifts and the role of the poor law: a game of chance? (Margaret Hanly); 4 'Agents in their own concerns'? Charity and the economy of makeshifts in eighteenth-century Britain (Sarah Lloyd); 5 Crime, criminal networks and the survival strategies of the poor in early eighteenth-century London (Heather Shore)
Abstract:
This fascinating study investigates the experience of English poverty between 1700 and 1900 and in the ways in which the poor made ends meet. The phrase 'economy of makeshifts' has often been used to summarise the patchy, desperate and sometimes failing s
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction /Alannah Tomkins,Steven King --'Not by bread only'? Common right, parish relief and endowed charity in a forest economy, c. 1600-1800 /Steve Hindle --Economy of makeshifts and the poor law: a game of chance? /Margaret Hanly --'Agents in their own concerns'? Charity and the economy of makeshifts in eighteenth-century Britain /Sarah Lloyd --Crime, criminal networks and the survival strategies of the poor in early eighteenth-century London /Heather Shore --Pawnbroking and the survival strategies of the urban poor in 1770s York /Alannah Tomkins --Kinship, poor relief and the welfare process in early modern England /Sam Barrett --Making the most of opportunity: the economy of makeshifts in the early modern north /Steven King --Conclusion /Steven King,Alannah Tomkins.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2005
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