The poor in England, 1700-1850

Titel: The poor in England, 1700-1850 : an economy of makeshifts / ed. by Steven King
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Veröffentlicht: Manchester ˜[u.a.]œ : Manchester Univ. Press, 2003
Umfang: X, 285 S.
Format: E-Book
Sprache: Englisch
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Vorliegende Ausgabe: Online-Ausg.: 2005. - Online-Ressource.
ISBN: 1423706382 (Sekundärausgabe) ; 9781423706380 (Sekundärausgabe)
Zusammenfassung: Introduction / Alannah Tomkins, Steven King. - 'Not by bread only'? Common right, parish relief and endowed charity in a forest economy, c. 1600-1800 / Steve Hindle. - Economy of makeshifts and the poor law: a game of chance? / Margaret Hanly. - 'Agents in their own concerns'? Charity and the economy of makeshifts in eighteenth-century Britain / Sarah Lloyd. - Crime, criminal networks and the survival strategies of the poor in early eighteenth-century London / Heather Shore. - Pawnbroking and the survival strategies of the urban poor in 1770s York / Alannah Tomkins. - Kinship, poor relief and the welfare process in early modern England / Sam Barrett. - Making the most of opportunity: the economy of makeshifts in the early modern north / Steven King --Conclusion / Steven King, Alannah Tomkins