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Author: Jonathan Healey
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint: The Boydell Press
Volume: v. 4
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.502kg
ISBN: 9781843839569
ISBN 10: 1843839563
Pages: 335
Publication Date: 18 September 2014
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Represents a substantial contribution to our understanding of the complex relationship between regional economic and social systems, and relief legislation that aspired to be national in scope.... Provide(s) a fascinating, nuanced and highly original insight into the Old Poor Law within one of the most interesting and important English counties. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW This is an extremely good book which heralds a welcome new examination of the poor law in this period. It will be of great interest to scholars interested in welfare and economic history, as well as this rich and previously untapped set of sources for the seventeenth century. ARCHIVES The late Tudor Poor Laws had given England the world's first tax-based welfare system by the 1620s, and Healy (Oxford) skillfully describes the first century of its operation in Lancashire. Recommended. CHOICE
This is an extremely good book which heralds a welcome new examination of the poor law in this period. It will be of great interest to scholars interested in welfare and economic history, as well as this rich and previously untapped set of sources for the seventeenth century. ARCHIVES The late Tudor Poor Laws had given England the world's first tax-based welfare system by the 1620s, and Healy (Oxford) skillfully describes the first century of its operation in Lancashire. Recommended. CHOICE
Makes a remarkable contribution to the study of crises and poverty.. [T]here is much food for thought and re-thinking here. * NORTHERN HISTORY * A serious and scholarly book which contains much of interest. * ARCHIVES & RECORDS * Represents a substantial contribution to our understanding of the complex relationship between regional economic and social systems, and relief legislation that aspired to be national in scope.... Provide[s] a fascinating, nuanced and highly original insight into the Old Poor Law within one of the most interesting and important English counties. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW * This is an extremely good book which heralds a welcome new examination of the poor law in this period. It will be of great interest to scholars interested in welfare and economic history, as well as this rich and previously untapped set of sources for the seventeenth century. * ARCHIVES * The late Tudor Poor Laws had given England the world's first tax-based welfare system by the 1620s, and Healy (Oxford) skillfully describes the first century of its operation in Lancashire. Recommended. * CHOICE *
The late Tudor Poor Laws had given England the world's first tax-based welfare system by the 1620s, and Healy (Oxford) skillfully describes the first century of its operation in Lancashire. Recommended. CHOICE
Author Information
JONATHAN HEALEY is a Fellow of Kellogg College and University Lecturer in English Local and Social History at the University of Oxford.
