The Experience of Urban Poverty, 1723–82: Parish, Charity and Credit
Author:   Alannah Tomkins ,  Rebecca Mortimer
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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9780719075049


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   30 October 2006
Format:   Hardback
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The Experience of Urban Poverty, 1723–82: Parish, Charity and Credit


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Author:   Alannah Tomkins ,  Rebecca Mortimer
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.599kg
ISBN:  

9780719075049


ISBN 10:   0719075041
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   30 October 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of tables, figures and appendices Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Life in Urban Workhouses 3. Traditional Forms of Voluntary Charity 4. ‘Medical’ Welfare and Provincial Infirmaries 5. Charity Schools and the Treatment of Poor Children 6. Pawnbroking and the use of credit 7. Conclusion Appendices Bibliography -- .

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Tomkins presents the conditions under which the poor lived, drawing on life in the workhouse, traditional poor relief such as lodging in poorhouses, health care, and schools for the poor. The section on credit and pawn broking among those in distress is especially significant because this is a field that has hardly been researched so far, and it demonstrates the flexibility of the poor in their struggle against want. -- Anke Sczesny. German Historical Institute London


Tomkins presents the conditions under which the poor lived, drawing on life in the workhouse, traditional poor relief such as lodging in poorhouses, health care, and schools for the poor. The section on credit and pawn broking among those in distress is especially significant because this is a field that has hardly been researched so far, and it demonstrates the flexibility of the poor in their struggle against want. -- .


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Alannah Tomkins is Lecturer in History at the University of Keele

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