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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Manchester, U.K. ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2003Description: 1 online resource (x, 285 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1423706382
  • 9781423706380
  • 9781847790668
  • 1847790666
  • 9781526137869
  • 1526137860
Other title:
  • Economy of makeshifts
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Poor in England, 1700-1850.DDC classification:
  • 305.5/69/094209033 21
LOC classification:
  • HC260.P6 P66 2003eb
Other classification:
  • 15.70
Online resources:
Contents:
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).
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).
In: OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks)Summary: 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.
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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).

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).

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.

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