The Solidarities of Strangers - The English Poor Laws and the People, 1700-1948 (Hardcover, New)

This study of English policies toward the poor from the seventeenth century to the present combines individual stories with official actions. Lynn Lees shows how clients as well as officials negotiated welfare settlements--cultural definitions of entitlement, rather than available resources, determined amounts and beneficiaries. The English poor laws went through cycles of generosity and meanness that affected men and women unequally. The long term history of welfare in England and Wales was not one of continued progress and improvement but one determined by continually changing attitudes toward poverty.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	Lynn Hollen Lees
Dimensions:	236 x 164 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	392
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-57261-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Poverty Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Unemployment Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-521-57261-4
Barcode:	9780521572613

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