The Poor in England 1700-1850 by Alannah Tomkins
Investigates the experience of English poverty between 1700 and 1900 and in the ways in which the poor made ends meet. This book attempts to supply the English 'economy of makeshifts' with an empirical basis and to advance the concept of makeshifts from a vague but convenient label to a more precise yet inclusive definition.
'Each chapter is fluently written and deeply immersed in primary sourcesThe work as a whole makes an original contribution to the historiography of poverty, combining as it does a high degree of scholarship with intellectual innovation.' Anne Borsay, University of Wales, Swansea
Steven King is Professor of History at Oxford Brookes University. Alannah Tomkins is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Keele
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719080432 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719080436 |
| Title | The Poor in England 1700-1850 |
| Author | Alannah Tomkins |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press |
| Year published | 2010-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
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