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    Obligation, entitlement and dispute under the English poor laws / edited by Peter Jones and Steven King.

    • Title:Obligation, entitlement and dispute under the English poor laws / edited by Peter Jones and Steven King.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Jones, Peter, editor.
      King, Steven, 1966- editor.
    • Published/Created:Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Poor laws--England.
      Poor laws--Wales.
      Poor laws--England--History.
      Poor laws--Wales--History.
    • Medical Subjects: Poverty--legislation & jurisprudence
      Poverty--history
      Social Welfare--history
      Social Conditions--history
      History, 17th Century
      History, 18th Century
      History, 19th Century
      England
      Wales
    • Description:xii, 356 pages ; 22 cm
    • Summary:With its focus on poverty and welfare in England between the 17th and later 19th centuries, this book addresses a range of questions that are often thought of as essentially 'modern': How should the state support those in work but who do not earn enough to get by? How should communities deal with in-migrants and immigrants who might have made only the lightest contribution to the economic and social lives of those communities? What basket of welfare rights ought to be attached to the status of citizen? How might people prove, maintain and pass on a sense of 'belonging' to a place? How should and could the poor navigate a welfare system which was essentially discretionary? What agency could the poor have and how did ordinary officials understand their respective duties to the poor and to taxpayers?
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:1443880779 hardcover
      9781443880770 hardcover
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. One Obligation, Entitlement and Dispute: Navigating the English Poor Laws 1600-1900 / Steven King
      ch. Two `The Charity of our Life and Healthful Years"? Approaches to Inter-Vivos Charitable Giving to the Poor in the Metropolis 1600-1720 / Jeremy Boulton
      ch. Three From Petition to Pauper Letter: The Development of an Epistolary Form / Steven King
      ch. Four Families, Wheat Prices and the Allowance Cycle: Poverty and Poor Relief in the Agricultural Community of Ardleigh 1794-1801 / Thomas Sokoll
      ch. Five Poverty, Kinship Support and the Case of Ellen Parker 1818-1827 / Alannah Tomkins
      ch. Six Widows, Work and Wantonness: Pauper Letters and the Boundaries of Entitlement Under the Old Poor Law / Peter Jones
      ch. Seven Parish Women: Maternity and the Limitations of Maiden Settlement in England 1662-1834 / Pamela Sharpe
      ch. Eight Geography of Poor Relief in Rural Oxfordshire 1775-1832 / John Langton
      ch. Nine Rights of the Poor and the Role of the Law: The Impact of Pauper Appeals to the Summary Courts 1750-1834 / Peter King
      ch. Ten Rights, Duties and Practice in the Transition between the Old and New Poor Laws 1820s-1860s / Steven King
      ch. Eleven "World Without Welfare": Pauper Perspectives on Medical Care Under the Late-Victorian Poor Law 1870-1900 / Elizabeth Hurren.
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