Title: Protesting about pauperism : poverty, politics and poor relief in late-Victorian England, 1870-1900 /
Authors: Hurren, Elizabeth T.; Royal Historical Society (Great Britain)
Publisher: Royal Historical Society,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Social Welfare history; Poverty legislation & jurisprudence; History, 19th Century; Poverty history; Poor Great Britain History; Public welfare Great Britain History; Poor England History; Poor laws England History; Poor England Northamptonshire History; Poor laws England Northamptonshire History; England; Great Britain History; Great Britain History; Great Britain Economic conditions; England
Abstract: "This is the first publication in a generation to look afresh at poverty, politics and poor relief in late-Victorian England. It makes a groundbreaking and innovative contribution to welfare studies and will be essential reading not only for poor law historians, but also for all historians interested in the field of late-Victorian social, political and medical history."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: National poor law picture: New poor law : legal and theoretical framework. Retrenchment rhetoric : crusaders and their critics -- Local poor law landscape: Northamptonshire poor law experience, 1834-1900. Setting the poor law stage to stigmatise paupers. A world-without-welfare? : penalising the poor with welfare-to-work schemes -- Protesting about pauperism: Organising resistance : protesting about pauperism. Class coalition : poor law crisis and reaction. Begging for a burial : fighting for poor law funding. Campaigning for change : democracy and poor law politics, 1890-1900. Denouement : continuity or change?