Records of Social and Economic History- Navigating the Old English Poor Law The Kirkby Lonsdale Letters, 1809-1836

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  • 9780197266816
  • 24 december 2020
  • 400 pagina's
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At the heart of this book are the stories, in their own words, of ordinary people who fell into need and required the help of the local state in the early nineteenth century. We read their hopes, fears, detailed experiences of illness, and aspects of material conditions across a spectrum from nakedness and starvation to homelessness and eviction.

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