Protesting about pauperism : poverty, politics and poor relief in late-Victorian England, 1870-1900.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Hurren, Elizabeth T.

Contributor:

Royal Historical Society (Great Britain)

Series:

Royal Historical Society studies in history. New series

Studies in history. New series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor--England--History--19th century.

Poor.

Poor laws--England--History--19th century.

Poor laws.

Poor--England--Northamptonshire--History--19th century.

Poor laws--England--Northamptonshire--History--19th century.

History.

Great Britain--History--19th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Economic conditions--19th century.

Economic conditions.

England--Northamptonshire.

England.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

xii, 296 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press ; [London] : Royal Historical Society, 2007.

Summary:

A fresh look at the complex question of outdoor poor relief in the nineteenth century.

Contents:

Part I The National Poor Law Picture

1 The New Poor Law: legal and theoretical framework 17

2 Retrenchment rhetoric: crusaders and their critics 59

Part II The Local Poor Law Landscape

3 The Northamptonshire poor law experience, 1834-1900 79

4 Setting the poor law stage to stigmatise paupers 103

5 A world-without-welfare? Penalising the poor with welfare-to-work schemes 128

Part III Protesting about Pauperism

6 Organising resistance: protesting about pauperism 159

7 Class coalition: poor law crisis and reaction 169

8 Begging for a burial: fighting for poor law funding 191

9 Campaigning for change: democracy and poor law politics, 1890-1900 214

10 Denouement: continuity or change? 242.

Notes:

Based on thesis (Ph.D.)--University College, Northampton.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-285) and index.

ISBN:

0861932927

9780861932924

OCLC:

141386259