LEADER 02599nam 2200493 450 001 9910812977703321 005 20230205034432.0 010 $a0-2280-1536-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30298117 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30298117 035 $a(CKB)25817399500041 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925817399500041 100 $a20230205d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIn their own write $econtesting the new poor law 1834-1900 /$fSteven King [and four others] 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aMontreal :$cMcGill-Queen's University Press,$d[2022] 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (473 pages) 225 1 $aStates, people, and the history of social change 311 08$aPrint version: King, Steven In Their Own Write Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,c2022 9780228014331 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- 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. 330 $aUntil now it has been impossible to know how the poor themselves negotiated the New Poor Law and its measures, and how their interactions with the state shifted and changed across the nineteenth century. Based on first-hand testimony - pauper letters and witness statements interwoven with letters to newspapers and correspondence from poor law officials and advocates - In Their Own Write exposes this hidden history. 410 0$aStates, people, and the history of social change. 606 $aPoor 606 $aPoor laws 606 $aPublic welfare 615 0$aPoor. 615 0$aPoor laws. 615 0$aPublic welfare. 676 $a362.5 700 $aKing$b Steven$f1966-$0872032 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812977703321 996 $aIn their own write$93953607 997 $aUNINA