Power and Pauperism
The Workhouse System, 1834 1884
Power and Pauperism aims to provide a new perspective on the place of the workhouse in the history and geography of nineteenth-century society and social policy. The workhouse system is set in the wider context in an age associated, paradoxically, with both laissez-faire and increasing state regulation. The study pays particular attention to conflicts over Poor Law policy and workhouse design. Dr Driver demonstrates that despite appearances the workhouse system was far from monolithic, and that official policy was beset with conflict: his study combines a national perspective on the system with a sensitivity to regional variation in policy an…
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Weitere Autoren: Baker, Alan R. H. (Hrsg.) / Dennis, Richard (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-521-60747-6
- EAN: 9780521607476
- Produktnummer: 1348373
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.3 cm 351 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 351
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