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The solidarities of strangers : the English poor laws and the people, 1700-1948 / Lynn Hollen Lees.
LIBRA KD3310 .L44 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lees, Lynn Hollen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poor laws--Great Britain--History.
- Poor laws.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Public welfare--Great Britain--History.
- Public welfare.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 373 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- A study of English policies toward the poor from the 1600s to the present, showing how clients and officials negotiated welfare settlements.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 358-363) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.
- Storage copy inscribed by the author ot Sheldon Hackney.
- ISBN:
- 0521572614
- OCLC:
- 36241623
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