Jonathan Healey

The First Century of Welfare

Poverty and Poor Relief in Lancashire, 1620-1730

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first major regional study of poverty and its relief in the seventeenth century: the first century of welfare.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 335
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9781843839569
• ISBN-10: 1843839563
• Artikelnr.: 40757257

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Healey

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue Introduction: The First Century of Welfare Lancashire, 1600-1730:
A Developing Society The Arrival and Growth of Poor Relief Pauper Tales
Marginal People: Descending into Poverty? Resourceful People: Survival
Strategies of the Lancashire Poor Dependent People: Endemic Poverty Crisis
Poverty Conclusion: Worldly Crosses Bibliography