The Girl Who Lived on Her Clothes: The People of Paisley and the New Poor Law, 1839-76
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Criticized as parsimonious and cruel in the later 1800s, the Poor Law for Scotland was first passed in 1845 as a frankly humanitarian measure in response to desperate poverty on display in Paisley and elsewhere in the early 1840s. Poor Law Inspector James Shaw Brown of Paisley Burgh Parish, a compassionate, detail-oriented bureaucrat, was charged with alleviating suffering while limiting expense. In his four-decade career he served the poor, the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:180079990X
ISBN13:9781800799905
Release Date:April 2024
Publisher:Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
Length:220 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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