03249nam 22007094a 450 991086549900332120200520144314.01-280-73413-297866107341391-84779-066-61-4237-0638-2(CKB)1000000000030916(EBL)589303(OCoLC)559816950(SSID)ssj0000224396(PQKBManifestationID)11210499(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224396(PQKBWorkID)10207023(PQKB)10453837(MiAaPQ)EBC589303(Au-PeEL)EBL589303(CaPaEBR)ebr10082138(CaONFJC)MIL73413(EXLCZ)99100000000003091620030616d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe poor in England, 1700-1850 an economy of makeshifts /edited by Steven King and Alannah Tomkins1st ed.Manchester, U.K. ;New York Manchester University Press20031 online resource (296 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7190-8043-6 0-7190-6159-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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); IndexThis 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 failingEconomy of makeshiftsCharityEnglandHistoryIncomeEnglandHistoryPoorEnglandHistoryPublic welfareEnglandHistorySocial networksEnglandHistoryCharityHistory.IncomeHistory.PoorHistory.Public welfareHistory.Social networksHistory.305.5/69/094209033King Steven1966-872032Tomkins Alannah800724MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910865499003321The poor in England, 1700-18501959726UNINA