Poverty, Gender and Life-Cycle under the English Poor Law, 1760-1834 (Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series) (Volume 81)
Brand: Royal Historical Society
Categories: Books, History, Europe



Dimensions: 6.25 x 0.75 x 9.75 inches
ISBN-13: 978-0861933143
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0861933141
Publisher: Royal Historical Society
Print length: 204 pages
Publication date: November 17, 2011
subtitle: Hardcover – November 17, 2011
author: Visit Amazon's Samantha Williams Page search results Samantha Williams
review: Editorial Reviews Review Carefully researched and generally well written. The book is important and further aids our understanding of the intricate workings of the poor law at a micro level. JOURNAL OF RURAL HISTORY (A) finely researched book ... makes a very significant contribution to poor law history. ... (It) is a very fine piece of scholarship. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW This interesting study adds to our knowledge of how the old Poor Law operated in practice and makes a welcome addition to the considerable literature on the subject. LOCAL HISTORIAN A thorough dissection of how the poor law actually operated. (Its) great strength is its combination of well-conceived and nuanced serial analyses with carefully selected and highly appropriate examples to personify broader trends. AGRICULTURAL HISTORY REVIEW A very readable book (that) adds substantially to our understanding of the final decades of the old poor law. (...) The book will prove a pithy and significant read for anyone with even a cursory interest in the history of poverty in England. CONTINUITY AND CHANGE An important book. It is difficult to imagine a focused microhistory for these crisis decades of the old poor law that will match its thoroughness and enormous array of findings. JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES Makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the nature of the old poor law. (...) Only Williams's careful, forensic approach allows her to defiantly make such claims. For this alone, the book has to be essential reading for all poor law specialists and welfare historians. REVIEWS IN HISTORY About the Author Samantha Williams is a university lecturer in local and regional history at the Institute of Continuing Education, Cambridge, and a Bye-Fellow in History, Girton College, Cambridge.