Elizabeth T Hurren

Protesting about Pauperism

Poverty, Politics and Poor Relief in Late-Victorian England, 1870-1900

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Produktbeschreibung

A fresh look at the complex question of outdoor poor relief in the nineteenth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9780861933297
• ISBN-10: 086193329X
• Artikelnr.: 41959667

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth T. Hurren

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The New Poor Law: Legal and Theoretical Framework Retrenchment
Rhetoric: Crusaders and their Critics The Northamptonshire Poor Law
Experience, 1834-1900 Setting the Poor Law Stage to Stigmatise Paupers A
World-without-welfare? Penalising the Poor with Welfare-to-work Schemes
Organising Resistance: Protesting about Pauperism Class Coalition: Poor Law
Crisis and Reaction Begging for Burial: Fighting for Poor Law Funding
Campaigning for Change: Democracy and Poor Law Politics, 1890-1900
Denouement: Continuity or Change? Conclusion Bibliography