Poverty and welfare in Guernsey, 1560-2015. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rose-Marie Crossan.
• Authors: Crossan, Rose-Marie
• Contents: Frontcover; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Conventions, Note on currency; Introduction; I. Context; 1 Governance, Economy, Society; 2 Poverty; II. Welfare; 3 Beginnings of Parochial Poor Relief; 4 Outdoor Relief, Mid-Eighteenth to Mid-Twentieth Centuries; 5 Self-Help and Voluntary Charity; III. Town Hospital; 6 Overview; 7 Infirmary and Lunatic Asylum; 8 People; 9 Daily Life; IV. Twentieth Century and Beyond; 10 From Parishes to States; Conclusion; Appendices; 1. Writings on Peasant Proprietorship in Guernsey. 2. Poor Rates, Indoor and Outdoor Relief Spending, St Peter Port, 1724-19243. Parochial Poor Relief in Other Channel Islands; 4. Average Year-end Head-counts and Average Annual Admissions and Discharges, Town Hospital, 1700s-1900s; 5. Adult Admissions Ascribed to Illness and Accidents, Town Hospital, 1852-1919; 6. Relative Proportions of Men and Women in Year-end Head-counts and Annual Admissions, Town Hospital, 1750-1919; 7. Annual Averages of Child Admissions and Year-end Numbers, Town Hospital, 1756-1919. 8. Over-60s as a Proportion of all Inmates, and Composition by Sex of Over-60s Cohort, Town Hospital, 1756-19119. Average Weekly Amounts Purchased per Head, Town Hospital, 1760-1917; 10. Timeline: Developments in Poor Relief and Social Security, 1700-2010; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge, UK Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (332 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 362.580942342; Poor -- Services for -- Guernsey -- History; Public welfare -- Guernsey -- History; Workhouses -- Guernsey -- Saint Peter Port -- History; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare; Poor -- Services for; Public welfare; Workhouses; Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies -- Guernsey; Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies -- Saint Peter Port (Guernsey); Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782046134; 1782046135
• Related ISBNs: 9781783270408; 1783270403
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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