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UNINA9910783231403321 |
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Titolo |
The poor in England, 1700-1850 [[electronic resource] ] : an economy of makeshifts / / edited by Steven King and Alannah Tomkins |
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Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-73413-2 |
9786610734139 |
1-84779-066-6 |
1-4237-0638-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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KingSteven <1966-> |
TomkinsAlannah |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Charity - England - History |
Income - England - History |
Poor - England - History |
Public welfare - England - History |
Social networks - England - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of tables; List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction (Alannah Tomkins and Steven King); 2 'Not by bread only'? Common right, parish relief and endowed charity in a forest economy, c. 1600-1800 (Steve Hindle); 3 The economy of makeshifts and the role of the poor law: a game of chance? (Margaret Hanly); 4 'Agents in their own concerns'? Charity and the economy of makeshifts in eighteenth-century Britain (Sarah Lloyd); 5 Crime, criminal networks and the survival strategies of the poor in early eighteenth-century London (Heather Shore) |
6 Pawnbroking and the survival strategies of the urban poor in 1770's York (Alannah Tomkins)7 Kinship, poor relief and the welfare process in early modern England (Sam Barrett); 8 Making the most of opportunity: the economy of makeshifts in the early modern north (Steven King); 9 Conclusion (Steven King and Alannah Tomkins); Index |
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