The Girl Who Lived On Her Clothes: The People of Paisley and the New Poor Law, 1839-76

by Wendy Gordon

Criticized as parsimonious and cruel in the later 1800s, the Poor Law for Scotland was first passed in 1845 as a frankly humanitarian measure in response to desperate poverty on display in Paisley and elsewhere in the early 1840s. Poor Law Inspector James Shaw Brown of Paisley Burgh Parish, a compassionate, detail-oriented bureaucrat, was charged with alleviating suffering while limiting expense. In his four-decade career he served the poor, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 180079990X
• ISBN13: 9781800799905
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"