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oapen-20.500.12657-862952023-12-23T02:35:23Z Providing for the Poor Collinge, Peter Falcini, Louise poverty urban poor London British cities The Old Poor Law sixpence workhouse paupers vagrancy Bedlam poor women work labour class poor relief dress history unmarried women illegitimate children bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTB Social & cultural history bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFA Poverty & unemployment The Old Poor Law in England and Wales, administered by the local parish, dispensed benefits to paupers providing a uniquely comprehensive, pre-modern system of relief. Remaining in force until 1834, the law provided goods and services to keep the poor alive. Combining short- and long-form articles and essays, Providing for the Poor brings together academics and practitioners from across disciplines to re-examine the micro-politics of poverty in the long eighteenth century through the eyes of the poor, their providers and enablers. From the providence of the parochial sixpence given in order to move a beggar on, to coercive marriages, plebeian clothing and the much broader implications of vagrancy towards the end of the long eighteenth century, this volume aims to bridge the gaps in our understanding of the experiences of people across the social spectrum whose lives were touched by the Old Poor Law. It brings together some of the wider arguments concerning the nature of welfare during economically testing times, and navigates the rising bureaucracy inherent in the system, to produce a radical new history of the Old Poor Law in astonishing detail. 2023-12-21T16:36:02Z 2023-12-21T16:36:02Z 2022 book ONIX_20231221_9781914477140_14 9781914477140 9781913002206 9781914477102 9781914477119 9781914477126 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86295 eng New Historical Perspectives application/pdf n/a 9781914477140.pdf University of London Press University of London Press 10.14296/npin8958 10.14296/npin8958 4af45bb1-d463-422d-9338-fa2167dddc34 9781914477140 9781913002206 9781914477102 9781914477119 9781914477126 University of London Press 224 London open access
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The Old Poor Law in England and Wales, administered by the local parish, dispensed benefits to paupers providing a uniquely comprehensive, pre-modern system of relief. Remaining in force until 1834, the law provided goods and services to keep the poor alive. Combining short- and long-form articles and essays, Providing for the Poor brings together academics and practitioners from across disciplines to re-examine the micro-politics of poverty in the long eighteenth century through the eyes of the poor, their providers and enablers. From the providence of the parochial sixpence given in order to move a beggar on, to coercive marriages, plebeian clothing and the much broader implications of vagrancy towards the end of the long eighteenth century, this volume aims to bridge the gaps in our understanding of the experiences of people across the social spectrum whose lives were touched by the Old Poor Law. It brings together some of the wider arguments concerning the nature of welfare during economically testing times, and navigates the rising bureaucracy inherent in the system, to produce a radical new history of the Old Poor Law in astonishing detail.
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