The Solidarities of Strangers: The English Poor Laws and the People, 1700-1948
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The Solidarities of Strangers is a study of English policies toward the poor from the seventeenth century to the present that combines individual stories with official actions. Lynn Lees shows how clients as well as officials negotiated welfare settlements. Cultural definitions of entitlement, rather than available resources, determined amounts and beneficiaries. Indeed, industrialization and growing wealth went along with restricted payments to the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0521572614
ISBN13:9780521572613
Release Date:January 1998
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:392 Pages
Weight:1.70 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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