Pauper Voices, Public Opinion and Workhouse Reform in Mid-Victorian England

Bearing Witness

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

This book represents the first attempt to identify and describe a workhouse reform ‘movement’ in mid- to late-nineteenth-century England, beyond the obvious candidates of the Workhouse Visiting Society and the voices of popular critics such as Charles Dickens and Florence Nightingale.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-08-09
Mått:148 x 210 x 14 mm
Vikt:302 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:136
Upplaga:20001
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030478384

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Peter Jones is a Research Associate at Nottingham Trent University, UK.Steven King is Professor of Economic and Social History at Nottingham Trent University, UK.

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“This book is important for the fresh sources it uncovers, the methods it combines, and its core arguments. … This study suggests many promising paths for further research, and scholars of the Poor Law, poverty, welfare, and the press will find it valuable reading. I think it would also be an excellent book to teach about historiography, historical methods, and, of course, the Poor Law.” (Marjorie Levine-Clark, Victorian Studies, Vol. 64 (4), 2022)

Innehållsförteckning

1. From Resistance to Reform: Changing Attitudes to the New Poor Law Workhouse in England and Wales.- 2. Not That Joseph Rowntree: An Amateur Workhouse Inspector.- 3. Pauper Letter Writers, Public Opinion, and the Workhouse Experience.- 4. Bearing Witness.