Format:
x, 285 p
,
ill
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22 cm
Edition:
Boulder, Colo NetLibrary 2005 Online-Ressource E-Books von NetLibrary
ISBN:
1423706382
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0719061598
,
1847790666
,
9781847790668
,
9780719061592
,
9781423706380
,
1280734132
,
9781280734137
Series Statement:
EBSCOhost eBook Collection
Content:
Introduction Alannah Tomkins and Steven King -- 'Not by bread only'? Common right, parish relief and endowed charity in a forest economy, c. 1600-1800 Steve Hindle -- The economy of makeshifts and the role of the poor law: a game of chance? Margaret Hanly -- 'Agents in their own concerns'? Charity and the economy of makeshifts in eighteenth-century Britain Sarah Lloyd -- Crime, criminal networks and the survival strategies of the poor in early eighteenth-century London Heather Shore)
Content:
List of tables; List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction (Alannah Tomkins and Steven King); 2 'Not by bread only'? Common right, parish relief and endowed charity in a forest economy, c. 1600-1800 (Steve Hindle); 3 The economy of makeshifts and the role of the poor law: a game of chance? (Margaret Hanly); 4 'Agents in their own concerns'? Charity and the economy of makeshifts in eighteenth-century Britain (Sarah Lloyd); 5 Crime, criminal networks and the survival strategies of the poor in early eighteenth-century London (Heather Shore)
Content:
This fascinating study investigates the experience of English poverty between 1700 and 1900 and in the ways in which the poor made ends meet. The phrase 'economy of makeshifts' has often been used to summarise the patchy, desperate and sometimes failing s
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2005
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Introduction /Alannah Tomkins,Steven King --'Not by bread only'? Common right, parish relief and endowed charity in a forest economy, c. 1600-1800 /Steve Hindle --Economy of makeshifts and the poor law: a game of chance? /Margaret Hanly --'Agents in their own concerns'? Charity and the economy of makeshifts in eighteenth-century Britain /Sarah Lloyd --Crime, criminal networks and the survival strategies of the poor in early eighteenth-century London /Heather Shore --Pawnbroking and the survival strategies of the urban poor in 1770s York /Alannah Tomkins --Kinship, poor relief and the welfare process in early modern England /Sam Barrett --Making the most of opportunity: the economy of makeshifts in the early modern north /Steven King --Conclusion /Steven King,Alannah Tomkins.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781526137869
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1526137860
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780719061592
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0719061598
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1847790666
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1280734132
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781280734137
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Poor in England, 1700-1850 Manchester, U.K. ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2003
Language:
English
Keywords:
Großbritannien
;
Soziale Situation
;
Armut
;
Wirtschaftliche Lage
;
Wohlfahrt
;
Geschichte 1700-1850
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Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
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Konferenzschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
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