Andreas (Hrsg.) Gestrich

Poverty and Sickness in Modern Europe

Narratives of the Sick Poor, 1780-1938

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This book provides a genuinely pan-European analysis of pauper narratives, focusing on the experiences of the sick poor in England, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales. The contributions highlight the value of pauper narratives for exploring the agency, rhetoric and experiences of the poor and sick poor, significantly enhancing our understanding of the ways in which national and regional welfare systems operated. By foregrounding the particular experiences and strategies of the sick poor, this volume helps to establish and understand the central sentiments of the relief system and the core expe… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Hurren, Elizabeth (Hrsg.) / King, Steven (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-4411-5971-7
EAN: 9781441159717
Produktnummer: 33500105
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 288 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 593 KB

Über den Autor

Andreas Gestrich is Director of the German Historical Institute London, UK.Elizabeth Hurren is Reader in History of Medicine at Oxford Brookes University, UK.Steven King is Professor of Medical Humanities at Leicester University, UK.