Providing for the poor the Old Poor Law, 1750-1834
The Old Poor Law in England and Wales, administered by the local parish, dispensed benefits to paupers providing a uniquely comprehensive, pre-modern system of relief. Remaining in force until 1834, the law provided goods and services to keep the poor alive.Combining short- and long-form articles an...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
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London :
University of London Press
2022.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Accounting for illegitimacy : parish politics and the poor / Louise Falcini
- Interlude 1: Thomas Woolgar, the mystery man / Jean Irvin
- Clothing the poor / Elizabeth Spencer
- Interlude 2: Elizabeth Overing, sent to Bedlam / Elizabeth Hughes
- Vagrancy, poor relief and the parish / Tim Hitchcock
- Interlude 3: Elizabeth Malbon (c.1743-1801) / Dianne Shenton
- Women, business and the Old Poor Law / Peter Collinge
- Interlude 4: The Wilkinsons and the Griffin Inn, Penrith / Margaret Dean
- The overseers' assistant : taking a parish salary, 1801-1834 / Alannah Tomkins
- Interlude 5: The parochial career of James Finlinson (1783-1847) / William Bundred
- Who cares? : mismanagement, neglect and suffering in the final decades of the Old Poor Laws / Samantha A. Shave
- Interlude 6: Abel Rooker (1787-1867), surgeon / Janet Kisz
- Public histories and collaborative working / Louise Falcini and Peter Collinge.
