The Childhood of the Poor: Welfare in Eighteenth-Century London
Author:   A. Levene
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
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9780230354807


Pages:   250
Publication Date:   05 April 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   A. Levene
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9780230354807


ISBN 10:   0230354807
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   05 April 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction - the Childhood of the Poor Poor Children and their Families The Development of Parish Nursing The Supervision of Parish Nursing Parents and Parish Childcare Children and the Metropolitan Workhouse Making Shift – Outdoor Relief and Charity Making Shift - Community, Friends and Family Conclusions – the Childhood of the Poor Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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ALYSA LEVENE is Reader in History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has published widely on the history of child welfare, including child abandonment, mortality, illegitimacy and pauper apprenticeship. Her previous monograph, Childcare, Health and Mortality at the London Foundling Hospital, 1741-1800: 'Left to the Mercy of the World' was published in 2007.

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