Description
| Product ID: | 9780582315549 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Seminar Studies In History |
| Title: | Poverty and Poor Law Reform in Nineteenth-Century Britain, 1834-1914 |
| Subtitle: | From Chadwick to Booth |
| Authors: | Author: David Englander |
| Page Count: | 152 |
| Subjects: | General and world history, General & world history, European history, History, Social and cultural history, Poverty and precarity, British & Irish history, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Social & cultural history, Poverty & unemployment, British Isles, c 1800 to c 1900, 20th century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 is one of the most important pieces of social legislation ever enacted. Its principles and the workhouse system dominated attitudes to welfare provision for the next 80 years. This new Seminar Study explores the changing ideas to poverty over this period and assesses current debates on Victorian attitudes to the poor. The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 is one of the most important pieces of social legislation ever enacted. Its principles and the workhouse system dominated attitudes to welfare provision for the next 80 years. This new Seminar Study explores the changing ideas to poverty over this period and assesses current debates on Victorian attitudes to the poor. David Englander reviews the old system of poor relief; he considers how the New Poor Law was enacted and received and looks at how it worked in practice. The chapter on the Scottish experience will be particularly welcomed, as will Dr Englander''s discussion of the place of the Poor Law within British history. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1998-06-11 |
