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Title:

The poor in England, 1700-1850 : an economy of makeshifts / edited by Steven King and Alannah Tomkins.

Publisher:

Manchester University Press,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

x, 285 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Poor--England--History.
Income--England--History.
Social networks--England--History.
Charity--England--History.
Public welfare--England--History.

Other Authors:

King, Steven, 1966-
Tomkins, Alannah.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Conclusion / 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.

ISBN:

9780719061592 (hc)
0719061598 (hc)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52478620

LCCN:

2003056220

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)