Poverty and welfare in Guernsey, 1560-2015. (2015)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Poverty and welfare in Guernsey, 1560-2015. (2015)
- Main Title:
- Poverty and welfare in Guernsey, 1560-2015
- 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.
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