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Life in the Victorian and Edwardian Workhouse (Paperback)
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Life in the Victorian and Edwardian Workhouse (Paperback)
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List price R515
Loot Price R417
Discovery Miles 4 170
You Save R98 (19%)
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Life in a workhouse during the Victorian and Edwardian eras has
been popularly characterised as a brutal existence. Charles Dickens
famously portrayed workhouse inmates as being dirty, neglected,
overworked adn at the mercy of exploitative masters. While there
were undoubtedly establishments that conformed to this stereotype,
there is also evidence of a more enlightened approach that has not
yet come to public attention. This book establishes a true picture
of what life was like in a workhouse, of why inmates entered them
and of what they had to endure in their day-to-day routine. A
comprehensive overview of the workshouse system gives a real and
compelling insight into social and moral reasons behind their
growth in the Victorian era, while the kind of distinctions that
were drawn between inmates are looked into, which, along with the
social stigma of having been a workhouse inmate, tell us much about
class attitudes of the time. The book also looks at living
conditions and duties of the staff who, in many ways, were
prisoners of the workhouse. Michelle Higgs combines thorough
research with a fresh outlook on a crucial period in British
history, and in doing so paints a vivid portrait of an era and its
social standards that continues to fascinate, and tells us much
about the society we live in today.
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