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Pauper Capital - London and the Poor Law, 1790-1870 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Pauper Capital - London and the Poor Law, 1790-1870 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Few measures, if any, could claim to have had a greater impact on
British society than the poor law. As a comprehensive system of
relieving those in need, the poor law provided relief for a
significant proportion of the population but influenced the
behaviour of a much larger group that lived at or near the margins
of poverty. It touched the lives of countless numbers of
individuals not only as paupers but also as ratepayers, guardians,
officials and magistrates. This system underwent significant change
in the nineteenth century with the shift from the old to the new
poor law. The extent to which changes in policy anticipated new
legislation is a key question and is here examined in the context
of London. Rapid population growth and turnover, the lack of
personal knowledge between rich and poor, and the close proximity
of numerous autonomous poor law authorities created a distinctly
metropolitan context for the provision of relief. This work
provides the first detailed study of the poor law in London during
the period leading up to and after the implementation of the Poor
Law Amendment Act of 1834. Drawing on a wide range of primary and
secondary sources the book focuses explicitly on the ways in which
those involved with the poor law - both as providers and recipients
- negotiated the provision of relief. In the context of significant
urban change in the late eighteenth and nineteenth century, it
analyses the poor law as a system of institutions and explores the
material and political processes that shaped relief policies.
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