Obligation, entitlement and dispute under the English poor laws. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Peter Jones and Steven King.
• Editors: Jones, Peter; King, Steven, 1966-
• Contents: Obligation, entitlement and dispute : navigating the English Poor Laws 1600-1900 / Peter Jones and Steven King -- "The charity of our life and healthful years"? : approaches to inter-vivos charitable giving to the poor in the metropolis 1600-1720 / Jeremy Boulton -- From petition to pauper letter : the development of an epistolary form / Peter Jones and Steven King -- Families, wheat prices and the allowance cycle : poverty and poor relief in the agricultural community of Ardleigh 1794-1801 / Thomas Sokoll -- Poverty, kinship support and the case of Ellen Parker 1818-1827 / Alannah Tomkins -- Widows, work and wantonness : pauper letters and the boundaries of entitlement under the Old Poor Law / Peter Jones -- Parish women : maternity and the limitations of maiden settlement in England 1662-1834 / Pamela Sharpe -- The geography of poor relief in rural Oxfordshire 1775-1832 / John Langton -- The rights of the poor and the role of the law : the impact of pauper appeals to the summary courts 1750-1834 / Peter King -- Rights, duties and practice in the transition between the Old and New Poor Laws 1820s-1860s / Steven King -- "World without welfare" : pauper perspectives on medical care under the late-Victorian poor law 1870-1900 / Elizabeth Hurren.
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 356 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 344.410325; Poor laws -- England; Poor laws -- Wales; Poor laws -- England -- History; Poor laws -- Wales -- History; Medicine -- History -- 17th century; Medicine -- History -- 18th century; Poverty -- history; Poverty -- legislation & jurisprudence; History, 17th Century; History, 18th Century; History, 19th Century; Social Conditions -- history; Social Welfare -- history; Médecine -- Histoire -- 17e siècle; Médecine -- Histoire -- 18e siècle; Médecine -- Histoire -- 19e siècle; LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Medicine; Poor laws; Wales; England; Wales; Pays de Galles; England; Wales; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781443886611; 1443886610
• Related ISBNs: 9781443880770; 1443880779; 1443886610
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-343) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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