A caring county : social welfare in Hertfordshire from 1600 / / edited by Steve King, Gillian Gear

• Pubblicazione: Hatfield : , : University of Hertfordshire Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (365 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.6094258
• Soggetto topico: Poor - Services for - England - Hertfordshire - History; Public welfare - England - Hertfordshire - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GearGillian KingSteven <1966->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Figures; Tables; 1: Introduction: Hertfordshire in Context: Steven King; 2: The Old Poor Law and Medicine in and Around Hertford, 1700-1834: Robert Dimsdale; 3: Caring for the Sick and Poor in Eighteenth-Century Royston: Carla Herrmann; 4: Madhouses of Hertfordshire 1735-1903: Gary Moyle; 5: Caring for the Poor in East Hertfordshire C.1620-50: Alan Thomson; 6: Pensions and the Care of the Elderly in Ashwell, 1670-1770: David Short ; 7: Looking after the Poor: Cheshunt Parish Workhouse in the Mid-Eighteenth Century: Sheila White8: The Old Poor Law in a Rural North Hertfordshire Parish, 1731-1831: Helen Hofton; Introduction to Chapters 9-11: A Note on the History of the London Foundling Hospital: Jennifer Sherwood; 9: Foundling Hospital Children at Nurse in Hertfordshire in the Eighteenth Century: David Allin; 10: Prudence West and the Foundling Hospital in Barnet, 1757-71: Yvonne Tomlinson; 11: The Last Years of the Foundling Hospital - Berkhamsted, 1935-55: Jennifer Sherwood ; 12: Hertfordshire's Relationship with Certified Industrial Schools, 1857-1933: Gillian GearBibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This comparative study gathers together new research by local historians into aspects of welfare in Hertfordshire spanning four centuries and focusing on towns and villages across the county, including Ashwell, Cheshunt, Hertford, Pirton, and Royston, amongst many others. In so doing it makes a valuable contribution to the current debate about the spatial and chronological variation in the character of welfare regimes within single counties, let alone more widely. As well as viewing poor relief geographically and chronologically, the book also c
• Titolo autorizzato: A caring county
• ISBN: 1-909291-14-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453290303321
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