First century of welfare : poverty and poor relief in Lancashire, 1620-1730 /: poverty and poor relief in Lancashire, 1620-1730. (©2014)
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- Book
- Title:
- First century of welfare : poverty and poor relief in Lancashire, 1620-1730 /: poverty and poor relief in Lancashire, 1620-1730. (©2014)
- Main Title:
- First century of welfare : poverty and poor relief in Lancashire, 1620-1730
- Further Information:
- Note: Jonathan Healey.
- Other Names:
- Healey, Jonathan
- Contents:
- Introduction: The first century of welfare -- Marginality and misfortune: poverty in the first century of welfare -- Historians and the poor -- Conclusion: 'deserving' poverty -- Part I: Contexts -- 1. Lancashire, 1600-1730: A developing society -- Landscape and people -- Population and demography -- Agriculture -- Industry and trade -- Social structure -- Conclusion: a developing society -- 2. The arrival and growth of poor relief -- The sixteenth-century background -- The response to '39 Elizabeth' -- The Civil War and after -- Parish and township -- Obtaining relief: meeting needs to resources -- Conclusion -- 3. Pauper tales -- Records of relief: the account of overseers of the poor -- Censuses of the poor -- Voices of the poor? Pauper petitions -- The politics of petitioning -- Understanding poverty and poor relief -- Part II: Marginality -- 4. Marginal people: Descending into poverty? -- Decayed households? Social mobility in pauper petitions, 1626-1710 -- Conclusion -- 5. Resourceful people: Survival strategies of the Lancashire poor -- Self-sufficiency: land, property and labour -- Dependence on others: kin, neighbours and charity -- Conclusion -- Part III: Misfortune -- 6. Dependent people: Endemic poverty -- Multiple hardships -- Old age -- Ill health -- The nuclear household: formation and breakdown -- Economic risk -- Environmental risk -- Conclusion -- 7. Crisis poverty -- Poverty crises in Lancashire, 1630-1715: a chronology -- Crises, 1630-70 -- Dearth andIntroduction: The first century of welfare -- Marginality and misfortune: poverty in the first century of welfare -- Historians and the poor -- Conclusion: 'deserving' poverty -- Part I: Contexts -- 1. Lancashire, 1600-1730: A developing society -- Landscape and people -- Population and demography -- Agriculture -- Industry and trade -- Social structure -- Conclusion: a developing society -- 2. The arrival and growth of poor relief -- The sixteenth-century background -- The response to '39 Elizabeth' -- The Civil War and after -- Parish and township -- Obtaining relief: meeting needs to resources -- Conclusion -- 3. Pauper tales -- Records of relief: the account of overseers of the poor -- Censuses of the poor -- Voices of the poor? Pauper petitions -- The politics of petitioning -- Understanding poverty and poor relief -- Part II: Marginality -- 4. Marginal people: Descending into poverty? -- Decayed households? Social mobility in pauper petitions, 1626-1710 -- Conclusion -- 5. Resourceful people: Survival strategies of the Lancashire poor -- Self-sufficiency: land, property and labour -- Dependence on others: kin, neighbours and charity -- Conclusion -- Part III: Misfortune -- 6. Dependent people: Endemic poverty -- Multiple hardships -- Old age -- Ill health -- The nuclear household: formation and breakdown -- Economic risk -- Environmental risk -- Conclusion -- 7. Crisis poverty -- Poverty crises in Lancashire, 1630-1715: a chronology -- Crises, 1630-70 -- Dearth and depression: the crisis of 1674-75 -- Crises, 1680-1715 -- 'Never so sickley a time known': the crisis of 1727-30 -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Worldly crosses. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Woodbridge, U.K : Boydell Press
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Copyright Date:
- 2014
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 319 pages), illustrations
- Subjects:
- 305.5690942760903
Poor -- England -- Lancashire -- History -- 17th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain
Poor
England -- Lancashire
Electronic books
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781782043690
1782043691 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781843839569
- Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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