The poor in England 1700-1850: An economy of makeshifts (Record no. 56277)
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| control field | https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/35124 |
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| International Standard Book Number | 9781526137869 |
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| Standard number or code | 10.7765/9781526137869 |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | English |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE | |
| Authentication code | dc |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | HBTB |
| Source | bicssc |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Tomkins, Alannah |
| Relationship | auth |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The poor in England 1700-1850: An economy of makeshifts |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Manchester University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2003 |
| 506 0# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Open Access |
| Source of term | star |
| Standardized terminology for access restriction | Unrestricted online access |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | This fascinating study investigates the experience of English poverty between 1700 and 1900 and in the ways in which the poor made ends meet. The phrase 'economy of makeshifts' has often been used to summarise the patchy, desperate and sometimes failing strategies of the poor for material survival. Incomes or benefits derived from such strategies allegedly ranged from wages supported by under-employment via petty crime through to charity, but allusions to this array of makeshifts usually fall short of answering vital questions about how and when the poor secured access to them. This book represents the single most significant attempt in print to supply the English 'economy of makeshifts' with a solid, empirical basis and to advance the concept of makeshifts from a vague but convenient label to a more precise yet inclusive definition. Individual chapters written by some of the leading, young historians of welfare examine how advantages gained from access to common land, mobilisation of kinship support, resorting to crime, and other marginal resources could prop up struggling households. They suggest how the balance of these strategies might change over time or be modified by gender, life-cycle and geography. A comprehensive introduction summarises the state of research on English poverty, and a thought-provoking conclusion makes valuable suggestions for the direction of future research. This book will be crucial for historians of social life and welfare, of interest to researchers working on eighteenth- /nineteenth- century England and will be useful to undergraduates seeking guidance on the historiography of poverty. |
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| Terms governing use and reproduction | Creative Commons |
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| Language note | English |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Social & cultural history |
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| Uncontrolled term | history |
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| Uncontrolled term | poor |
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| Uncontrolled term | poverty |
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| Uncontrolled term | england |
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| Uncontrolled term | Kinship |
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| Uncontrolled term | Lancashire |
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| Uncontrolled term | London |
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| Uncontrolled term | Pawnbroker |
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| Uncontrolled term | Poor relief |
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| Uncontrolled term | Vestry |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | King, Steven |
| Relationship | auth |
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| Public note | DOAB: download the publication |
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