The English Poor Law, 1531-1782
Title | The English Poor Law, 1531-1782 PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Slack |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 88 |
Release | 1995-09-28 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780521557856 |
A concise synthesis of past work on a unique and important system of social welfare.
Obligation, Entitlement and Dispute under the English Poor Laws
Title | Obligation, Entitlement and Dispute under the English Poor Laws PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Jones |
Publisher | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Pages | 365 |
Release | 2015-11-25 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1443886610 |
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.
A History of the English Poor Law
Title | A History of the English Poor Law PDF eBook |
Author | George Nicholls |
Publisher | |
Pages | 480 |
Release | 1854 |
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A History of the English Poor Law
Title | A History of the English Poor Law PDF eBook |
Author | Sir George Nicholls |
Publisher | |
Pages | 636 |
Release | 1899 |
Genre | Poor laws |
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The English Poor Laws 1700-1930
Title | The English Poor Laws 1700-1930 PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Brundage |
Publisher | Red Globe Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 033368270X |
Brundage examines the nature and operation of the English poor law system from the early 18th century to its termination in 1930.
An Economic History of the English Poor Law, 1750-1850
Title | An Economic History of the English Poor Law, 1750-1850 PDF eBook |
Author | George R. Boyer |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 315 |
Release | 1990-06-29 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0521364795 |
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
Title | The English Poor Law System, Past and Present PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Felix Aschrott |
Publisher | |
Pages | 402 |
Release | 1888 |
Genre | Old age pensions |
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