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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Elizabeth T. HurrenPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd Imprint: Royal Historical Society Volume: v. 60 Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9780861933297ISBN 10: 086193329 Pages: 308 Publication Date: 18 June 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction The New Poor Law: Legal and Theoretical Framework Retrenchment Rhetoric: Crusaders and their Critics The Northamptonshire Poor Law Experience, 1834-1900 Setting the Poor Law Stage to Stigmatise Paupers A World-without-welfare? Penalising the Poor with Welfare-to-work Schemes Organising Resistance: Protesting about Pauperism Class Coalition: Poor Law Crisis and Reaction Begging for Burial: Fighting for Poor Law Funding Campaigning for Change: Democracy and Poor Law Politics, 1890-1900 Denouement: Continuity or Change? Conclusion BibliographyReviewsWell researched and clearly written, this is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the intersection between political and elected political action on the one hand, and the power of democratization on socio-economic policy on the other. GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SOCIAL HISTORY This excellent study of the administration and politics of the English poor law, in a comparatively neglected phase of its history, contributes greatly to our understanding of the poverty, politvely neglected phase of its history, contributes greatly to our understanding of the poverty, politics and poor relief of the title. (Makes) a significan Well researched and clearly written, this is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the intersection between political and elected political action on the one hand, and the power of democratization on socio-economic policy on the other. GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SOCIAL HISTORY This excellent study of the administration and politics of the English poor law, in a comparatively neglected phase of its history, contributes greatly to our understanding of the poverty, politics and poor relief of the title. [Makes] a significant contribution to the historiography of the later nineteenth century. AGRICULTURAL HISTORY REVIEW Well researched and clearly written, this is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the intersection between political and elected political action on the one hand, and the power of democratization on socio-economic policy on the other. * GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SOCIAL HISTORY * This excellent study of the administration and politics of the English poor law, in a comparatively neglected phase of its history, contributes greatly to our understanding of the 'poverty, politics and poor relief' of the title. * . * [Makes] a significant contribution to the historiography of the later nineteenth century. * AGRICULTURAL HISTORY REVIEW * Well researched and clearly written, this is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the intersection between political and elected political action on the one hand, and the power of democratization on socio-economic policy on the other. GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SOCIAL HISTORY This excellent study of the administration and politics of the English poor law, in a comparatively neglected phase of its history, contributes greatly to our understanding of the poverty, politics and poor relief of the title. (Makes) a significant contribution to the historiography of the later nineteenth century. AGRICULTURAL HISTORY REVIEW Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |