300 Pages
by
Routledge
300 Pages
by
Routledge
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Few measures, if any, could claim to have had a greater impact on British society than the poor law. As a comprehensive system of relieving those in need, the poor law provided relief for a significant proportion of the population but influenced the behaviour of a much larger group that lived at or near the margins of poverty. It touched the lives of countless numbers of individuals not only as... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction: the context of Poor Law reform; London and the regions under the old Poor Law; Metropolitan geographies of pauperism: the old Poor Law; Parish politics and the coming of the new system; Building the workhouse system; Negotiating poor relief: pauper encounters with the Poor Law; Paying for pauperism: urban change and fiscal stress; Reforming relief: from removals to redistribution; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
David R. Green, Dr, Reader, Department of Geography, King's College London, UK
Prize: A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2010 ’This important contribution [...] should be in all major academic libraries. Summing Up: Essential.’ Choice ’[David Green] has produced a careful, nuanced and clear account that sets out a number of new lines of enquiry for those working on poverty and the history of London more generally. Even in this busy and high-quality field of research, this is something of a guiding light, which others will find vital for contextualizing their studies.’ London Journal ’Pauper Capital is an excellent introduction to the changing administration of poor relief in London from the 1790s to 1870. It should be read by anyone interested in understanding the regional differences in relief administration and spending in nineteenth century England.’ EH.NET Book Review 'Poor law historians, who have long recognized the need for a comprehensive study of the administration of poor relief in London, have been put off by the sheer magnitude of the undertaking. Now this long-felt need has been abundantly satisfied by David R. Green's superb study.' Law and History Review 'Pauper Capital is undoubtedly a major contribution to urban and welfare history in the modern period.' Economic History Review 'This is a book that needed to be written, and one that undoubtedly took an enormous commitment to write... Given the scale of the task, then, David Green is to be congratulated without reservation on having produced a seminal work on the poor law in London during what was arguably the most complex, but also the most crucial, period in its history.' Local Population Studies 'This is a story that certainly needed telling, and Green makes an important contribution to the history of the Poor Law in doing so.' Journal of British Studies '... the book succeeds in pulling together a story that was previously difficult and fragmentary, in an elegant and well-presented account.' Enterprise & Society ’Here we have an exemplary piec
