LEADER 03400nam 2200445 450 001 9910588783103321 005 20230430185311.0 010 $a1-914477-14-6 035 $a(CKB)5720000000056815 035 $a(NjHacI)995720000000056815 035 $a(EXLCZ)995720000000056815 100 $a20230430d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aProviding for the poor $ethe Old Poor Law, 1750-1834 /$fPeter Collinge, Louise Falcini, editors 210 1$aLondon :$cUniversity of London Press,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (xxii, 239 pages) 311 $a1-914477-10-3 327 $tAccounting for illegitimacy : parish politics and the poor /$rLouise Falcini --$gInterlude 1:$tThomas Woolgar, the mystery man /$rJean Irvin --$tClothing the poor /$rElizabeth Spencer --$gInterlude 2:$tElizabeth Overing, sent to Bedlam /$rElizabeth Hughes --$tVagrancy, poor relief and the parish /$rTim Hitchcock --$gInterlude 3:$tElizabeth Malbon (c.1743-1801) /$rDianne Shenton --$tWomen, business and the Old Poor Law /$rPeter Collinge --$gInterlude 4:$tThe Wilkinsons and the Griffin Inn, Penrith /$rMargaret Dean --$tThe overseers' assistant : taking a parish salary, 1801-1834 /$rAlannah Tomkins --$gInterlude 5:$tThe parochial career of James Finlinson (1783-1847) /$rWilliam Bundred --$tWho cares? : mismanagement, neglect and suffering in the final decades of the Old Poor Laws /$rSamantha A. Shave --$gInterlude 6:$tAbel Rooker (1787-1867), surgeon /$rJanet Kisz --$tPublic histories and collaborative working /$rLouise Falcini and Peter Collinge. 330 $aThe Old Poor Law in England and Wales, administered by the local parish, dispensed benefits to paupers providing a uniquely comprehensive, pre-modern system of relief. Remaining in force until 1834, the law provided goods and services to keep the poor alive.Combining short- and long-form articles and essays, Providing for the Poor brings together academics and practitioners from across disciplines to re-examine the micro-politics of poverty in the long eighteenth century through the eyes of the poor, their providers and enablers. From the providence of the parochial sixpence given in order to move a beggar on, to coercive marriages, plebeian clothing and the much broader implications of vagrancy towards the end of the long eighteenth century, this volume aims to bridge the gaps in our understanding of the experiences of people across the social spectrum whose lives were touched by the Old Poor Law. It brings together some of the wider arguments concerning the nature of welfare during economically testing times, and navigates the rising bureaucracy inherent in the system, to produce a radical new history of the Old Poor Law in astonishing detail. 517 $aProviding for the Poor 606 $aPoor$zWales$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPoor$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aEngland$2fast 607 $aWales$2fast 608 $aHistory.$2fast 615 0$aPoor$xHistory 615 0$aPoor$xHistory 676 $a362.5094209034 702 $aCollinge$b Peter 702 $aFalcini$b Louise 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910588783103321 996 $aProviding for the poor$93111348 997 $aUNINA