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Record Nr.

UNISA996210696803316

Titolo

The poor in England, 1700-1850 [[electronic resource] ] : an economy of makeshifts / / edited by Steven King and Alannah Tomkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, 2003

ISBN

1-280-73413-2

9786610734139

1-84779-066-6

1-4237-0638-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KingSteven <1966->

TomkinsAlannah

Disciplina

305.5/69/094209033

Soggetti

Charity - England - History

Income - England - History

Poor - England - History

Public welfare - England - History

Social networks - England - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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



Sommario/riassunto

This fascinating study investigates the experience of English poverty between 1700 and 1900 and in the ways in which the poor made ends meet. The phrase 'economy of makeshifts' has often been used to summarise the patchy, desperate and sometimes failing