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Navigating the Old English poor law : the Kirkby Lonsdale letters, 1809-1836 / edited by Peter Jones and Steven King.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Records of social and economic history. New series ; 62.
- British Academy scholarship online.
- Records of social and economic history. New series ; 62
- British Academy scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poor--England--Kirkby Lonsdale--Correspondence.
- Poor.
- Poor--England--Kirkby Lonsdale--Social conditions--19th century.
- Poor laws--England--History--19th century.
- Poor laws.
- Public welfare--England--History--19th century.
- Public welfare.
- Kirkby Lonsdale (England)--History--19th century.
- Kirkby Lonsdale (England).
- Genre:
- History.
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- At the heart of this book are the stories, in their own words, of ordinary people who fell into need and required the help of the local state in the early nineteenth century. We read their hopes, fears, detailed experiences of illness, and aspects of material conditions across a spectrum from nakedness and starvation to homelessness and eviction.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 12, 2021).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-80596-209-4
- 1-80596-405-4
- 0-19-193815-7
- OCLC:
- 1535984345
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