Pauper capital
Subtitle: London and the Poor Law, 1790-1870
By: David R. Green.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754630081
Subjects: Poor laws -- England -- History -- 19th century; Poor laws -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century; Poor -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: London and the regions under the old Poor Law; title: Metropolitan geographies of pauperism : the old Poor Law; title: Parish politics and the coming of the new system; title: Building the workhouse system; title: Negotiating relief : pauper encounters with the Poor Law; title: Paying for pauperism : urban change and fiscal stress; title: Reforming relief : from removals to redistribution.