Accommodating Poverty The Housing and Living Arrangements of the English Poor, c. 1600–1850

This book offers a detailed examination of the living arrangements and material circumstances of the poor betweeen 1650 and 1850. Chapters investigate poor households in urban, rural and metropolitan contexts, and contribute to wider investigations into British economic and social conditions in the...

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Other Authors: McEwan, Joanne (Editor), Sharpe, Pamela (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2011, 2011
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book offers a detailed examination of the living arrangements and material circumstances of the poor betweeen 1650 and 1850. Chapters investigate poor households in urban, rural and metropolitan contexts, and contribute to wider investigations into British economic and social conditions in the long Eighteenth century
Physical Description:XVI, 292 p online resource
ISBN:9780230304703