The poor in England, 1700-1850 an economy of makeshifts

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, Steven
Other Authors: Tomkins, Alannah
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester, U.K ; New York Manchester University Press
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Collection: Netlibrary - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • a game of chance? /Margaret Hanly
  • 'Agents in their own concerns'? Charity and the economy of makeshifts in eighteenth-century Britain /Sarah Lloyd
  • Crime, criminal networks and the survival strategies of the poor in early eighteenth-century London /Heather Shore
  • Pawnbroking and the survival strategies of the urban poor in 1770s York /Alannah Tomkins
  • Kinship, poor relief and the welfare process in early modern England /Sam Barrett
  • Making the most of opportunity: the economy of makeshifts in the early modern north /Steven King
  • Conclusion /Steven King,Alannah Tomkins.