Poverty and Welfare in England, 1700-1850

by Steven King

The first comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the literature on poverty, communal welfare systems and alternative welfare strategies. Offers a new perspective on how we should conceptualise poverty and how ordinary families and communities responded to that poverty.. Indicates the need for new directions in the study of poverty and welfare using previously unpublished results form one of the biggest poor law databases in existence.. Argues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719049407
• ISBN13: 9780719049408
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"