Poverty and Poor Law Reform in Nineteenth-Century Britain, 1834-1914
Poverty and Poor Law Reform in Nineteenth-Century Britain, 1834-1914

Author: David Englander

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-02

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1317883225

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The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 is one of the most important pieces of social legislation ever enacted. Its principles and the workhouse system dominated attitudes to welfare provision for the next 80 years. This new Seminar Study explores the changing ideas to poverty over this period and assesses current debates on Victorian attitudes to the poor. David Englander reviews the old system of poor relief; he considers how the New Poor Law was enacted and received and looks at how it worked in practice. The chapter on the Scottish experience will be particularly welcomed, as will Dr Englander's discussion of the place of the Poor Law within British history.

Poverty and Poor Law Reform in Britain
Poverty and Poor Law Reform in Britain

Author: David Englander

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13:

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The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 is one of the most important pieces of social legislation ever enacted. Its principles and the workhouse system dominated attitudes to welfare provision for the next 80 years. This new Seminar Study explores the changing ideas to poverty over this period and assesses current debates on Victorian attitudes to the poor. David Englander reviews the old system of poor relief; he considers how the New Poor Law was enacted and received and looks at how it worked in practice. The chapter on the Scottish experience will be particularly welcomed, as will Dr Englander's discussion of the place of the Poor Law within British history.

The Relief of Poverty, 1834-1914
The Relief of Poverty, 1834-1914

Author: Michael E. Rose

Publisher: Humanities Press International

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13:

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Beginning with a brief discussion of the 1834 Poor Law and its reception in England and Wales, Dr Rose then examines the extent of poverty in the nineteenth century and criticises some of the available statistical data. He goes on to discuss the investigations of poverty and the changes in attitude which these helped to bring about. In the final section the treatment of poverty is examined, showing the way in which the existing Poor Law and charitable agencies were criticised for their treatment of various categories of poverty (for example, the sick, the able-bodied and children) and the extent to which they were replaced by other, more suitable, institutions. The study concludes with a full critical bibliography of writings on poverty and the Poor Law in the nineteenth century. This new edition has been revised and updated to take account of the literature published since 1972.

Poverty and Welfare 1830-1914
Poverty and Welfare 1830-1914

Author: Peter Murray

Publisher: Hodder Education

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9780340618912

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This volume examines a number of themes central to 19th-century social and political history in Britain. Looking in detail at the 1834 reform of the Poor Law, the author also considers the context in which the Poor Law was framed and the social values of those who supported and opposed it. The changing attitudes to poverty are considered with a review of the question, were the poor better treated in 1914 than they had been in 1830?. The book also looks at the complex historiography of the subject.

Poverty and the Poor Law
Poverty and the Poor Law

Author: Robert Humphreys

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2005-11-29

Total Pages: 2850

ISBN-13: 9781403917423

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Nineteenth-century Britain offers the social and economic historian extreme examples of industrial expansion and wealth alongside wretched working conditions in the fast-growing manufacturing towns, unsanitary living conditions and the expectation that the lot of many would be pauperism and ill health from childhood to old age. At a time of European revolutions, the imperative for action was more than a question of the liberal conscience. In this collection, contemporary, real-life description is given in the context of competing views of philanthropists, manufacturers, politicians and social activists of nineteenth-century Britain. The workings of the Poor Law, the vigorous debate about the reliance on charitable, voluntary action as opposed to state provision, and ideas for reform including pensions, self-help societies, education, and public health measures foreshadow the reforms of the following century and tentative steps toward a welfare state.

Poverty and Welfare in England, 1700-1850
Poverty and Welfare in England, 1700-1850

Author: Steven King

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2000-12-15

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780719049408

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As the Blair government launches a new campaign against poverty, the notion of “the deserving and undeserving poor” raises it head again in the media. The Poor Law, particularly the Old/New Poor Law at the junction of the 18th and 19th centuries in England is again the focus of attention. This book provides the first accessible and comprehensive overview of the literature on poverty and of the welfare policies of the state, as well as the alternative welfare strategies of the poor for the period 1700-1850.

The English Poor Laws 1700-1930
The English Poor Laws 1700-1930

Author: Anthony Brundage

Publisher: Red Globe Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 033368270X

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Brundage examines the nature and operation of the English poor law system from the early 18th century to its termination in 1930.