The state of the poor; or, An history of the labouring classes in England, from the conquest to the present period
Subtitle: in which are particularly considered, their domestic economy, with respect to diet, dress, fuel, and habitation; and the various plans which, from time to time, have been proposed, and adopted, for the relief of the poor: together with parochial reports relative to the administration of work-houses, and houses of industry; the state of friendly societies; and other public institutions
By: With a large appendix; containing a comparative and chronological table of the prices of labour, of provisions, and of other commodities ... By Sir Frederic Morton Eden.
Publisher: Printed by J. Davis, for B. & J. White (etc.)
Published: 1797
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Poor -- Great Britain.; Poor laws -- Great Britain.; Labor and laboring classes -- History -- Great Britain.; Charities -- England.
Notes: "Appendix, no. XVIII. A catalogue of publications in the English language on subjects relative to the poor": v. 3, p. ccclxvii-ccclxxxvi.