Pauper Capital London and the Poor Law, 1790-1870

Name: Pauper Capital London and the Poor Law, 1790-1870
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ISBN: 9780754630081

ISBN-10: 0754630080

ISBN-13: 9780754630081

Edition: 2010

Authors: David R. Green

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Few measures, if any, could claim to have had a greater impact on British society than the nineteenth century Poor Law. As a comprehensive system of relieving those in need, the Poor Law provided relief for a significant proportion of the population but influenced the behaviour of a much larger group that lived at or near the margins of poverty.The expansion of the Poor Law into a wide range of social institutions, resulted in a much greater opportunity for local bureaucracy to influence the social development of Britain on a local and national scale. Nowhere was this more visible than in London, where rapid population growth and turnover, the growing impersonality of urban life and the…

Book details

List price: $125.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 4/28/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 300
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English