The English Poor in the Eighteenth Century

The English Poor in the Eighteenth Century A Study in Social and Administrative History

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First published in 2006. In the eighteenth century England scope and activities of the Poor Laws were wider than they are to-day-they had jurisdiction over a larger class of people and were expected to do more for them-this widespread influence assumed particular importance after the Restoration, because from that date England was entering on a career of social and industrial change. The purpose of this study is to give an account both of the way in which the Poor Laws affected the lives of the mass of the labouring Poor in the later part of the seventeenth and during the eighteenth-century, and of the contemporary attitude towards poverty.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780415412896
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
Edition: 1st edition
DEWEY: 361.9
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 324
Weight: 760g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 25mm