02599nam 2200493 450 991081297770332120230205034432.00-2280-1536-7(MiAaPQ)EBC30298117(Au-PeEL)EBL30298117(CKB)25817399500041(EXLCZ)992581739950004120230205d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIn their own write contesting the new poor law 1834-1900 /Steven King [and four others]1st ed.Montreal :McGill-Queen's University Press,[2022]©20221 online resource (473 pages)States, people, and the history of social changePrint version: King, Steven In Their Own Write Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,c2022 9780228014331 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover -- In Their Own Write -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Conventions -- 1 Thinking about the New Poor Law -- PART ONE Finding and Hearing "Voices" -- 2 Navigating and Measuring -- 3 Advocating for the Poor -- 4 Responding to Paupers and Advocates: The Central Authority -- PART TWO Pauper Agency -- 5 Rhetoric and Strategy: A Corpus View -- 6 Knowing the Poor "Law" -- 7 The Female Voice -- 8 Becoming Old -- 9 The Able-Bodied Poor -- PART THREE Contestation -- 10 Punishing the Pauper Complainant -- 11 Limits to Agency? The Sick Poor -- 12 Experiencing the Poor Law -- Appendix: Sampling -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.Until now it has been impossible to know how the poor themselves negotiated the New Poor Law and its measures, and how their interactions with the state shifted and changed across the nineteenth century. Based on first-hand testimony - pauper letters and witness statements interwoven with letters to newspapers and correspondence from poor law officials and advocates - In Their Own Write exposes this hidden history.States, people, and the history of social change.PoorPoor lawsPublic welfarePoor.Poor laws.Public welfare.362.5King Steven1966-872032MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812977703321In their own write3953607UNINA