Welfare's Forgotten Past: A Socio-Legal History of the Poor Law

Author:   Lorie Charlesworth
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415685788


Pages:   242
Publication Date:   26 July 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Lorie Charlesworth
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge Cavendish
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9780415685788


ISBN 10:   0415685788
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   26 July 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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'Welfare's Forgotten Past is approachable for both students of law and legal scholars. The text is well researched and heavily footnoted, and includes both an extensive bibliography and a helpful appendix illustrating some of the law of settlement. Overall, Welfare's Forgotten Past would be a valuable addition to any university or academic law library collection.' -- Law Library Journal 'This book is probably the most historiographically challenging revisionist intervention in the study of the Poor Laws in England and Wales since Mark Blaug's celebrated article of 1963. Lorie Charlesworth argues that a collective amnesia has taken hold at the centre of our understanding of the entire history of the Poor Laws, from its earliest statutory manifestations in the 16th century to the system's final demise four centuries later on the appointed day in 1948 when the era of the NHS began.' -- Economic History Review 'Lorie Charlesworth has written an important book. Her central thesis is developed carefully and expressed in measured tones' -- English Historical Review 'Charlesworth has produced a book which brings our attention firmly back to the socio-legal framework of welfare practice and all scholars of welfare history will need to engage with it.' -- Steven King, University of Leicester 'This is the book Gordon Brown should have been reading as Prime Minister: it is a pity that it did not appear in time to act as a corrective. We must hope that its argument is able to make an impact' -- Journal of Social History


'Welfare's Forgotten Past is approachable for both students of law and legal scholars. The text is well researched and heavily footnoted, and includes both an extensive bibliography and a helpful appendix illustrating some of the law of settlement. Overall, Welfare's Forgotten Past would be a valuable addition to any university or academic law library collection.' -- Law Library Journal 'This book is probably the most historiographically challenging revisionist intervention in the study of the Poor Laws in England and Wales since Mark Blaug's celebrated article of 1963. Lorie Charlesworth argues that a collective amnesia has taken hold at the centre of our understanding of the entire history of the Poor Laws, from its earliest statutory manifestations in the 16th century to the system's final demise four centuries later on the appointed day in 1948 when the era of the NHS began.' -- Economic History Review 'Lorie Charlesworth has written an important book. Her central thesis is developed carefully and expressed in measured tones' -- English Historical Review


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Lorie Charlesworth is Reader in Law and History at Liverpool John Moore's University.

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