Title Accommodating Poverty : the Housing and Living Arrangements of the English Poor, C. 1600-1850

Published Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (309 pages) Contents Cover -- Contents -- List of Plates -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Notes on the Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Accommodating Poverty: The Housing and Living Arrangements of the English Poor, c. 1600-1850 -- Part I: The Value of Accommodation -- 1 'Turned into the Street with My Children Destitute of Every Thing' -- The Payment of Rent and the London Poor, 1600-1850 -- 2 The Lodging Exchange: Space, Authority and Knowledge in Eighteenth-Century London -- 3 Heartless and Unhomely? Dwellings of the Poor in East Anglia and North-East England 4 Joys of the Cottage: Labourers' Houses, Hovels and Huts in Britain and the British Colonies, 1770-1830Part II: Mobility and Household Composition -- 5 Vagrant Lives -- 6 The Residential and Familial Arrangements of English Pauper Letter Writers, 1800-40s -- 7 Labour Discipline, Agricultural Service and the Households of the Poor in Rural England, c. 1640-1730 -- 8 'I was Forced to Leave my Place to Hide my Shame': The Living Arrangements of Unmarried Mothers in London in the Early Nineteenth Century -- Part III: Parochial Relief and Charity 9 'The Comforts of a Private Fireside'? The Workhouse, the Elderly and the Poor Law in Georgian Westminster: St Martin-in-the-Fields, 1725-182410 The Parish Poor House in the Long Eighteenth Century -- 11 Retirement from the Noise and Hurry of the World? The Experience of Almshouse Life -- Select Bibliography -- Index Summary This book offers a detailed examination of the living arrangements and material circumstances of the poor between 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Poor -- England -- History -- 18th century Poor -- England -- History -- 19th century Low-income housing -- England -- History -- 18th century Low-income housing -- England -- History -- 19th century Social & cultural history -- c 1600 to c 1700 -- c 1700 to c 1800 -- c 1800 to c 1900 -- England. British & Irish history -- c 1600 to c 1700 -- c 1700 to c 1800 -- c 1800 to c 1900 -- England. Poverty & unemployment -- c 1600 to c 1700 -- c 1700 to c 1800 -- c 1800 to c 1900 -- England. Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 -- c 1600 to c 1700 -- c 1700 to c 1800 -- c 1800 to c 1900 -- England. Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 -- c 1600 to c 1700 -- c 1700 to c 1800 -- c 1800 to c 1900 -- England. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness. History. Economic history Low-income housing Poor Social & cultural history -- England -- c 1500 onwards to present day -- 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699 -- 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799 -- 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899. European history -- England -- c 1500 onwards to present day -- 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699 -- 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799 -- 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899. Poverty & unemployment -- England -- c 1500 onwards to present day -- 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699 -- 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799 -- 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899. History. SUBJECT England -- Economic conditions -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043296 England -- Economic conditions -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88000010 Subject England Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Sharpe, Pamela ISBN 9780230304703 0230304702

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