The Solidarities of Strangers: The English Poor Laws and the People, 1700–1948 - Couverture rigide

Lees, Lynn Hollen

 
9780521572613: The Solidarities of Strangers: The English Poor Laws and the People, 1700–1948
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ISBN 10 : 0521572614 ISBN 13 : 9780521572613
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1998

Synopsis

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 needy, while universal allowances and insurance systems expanded as the economy faltered and world wars crippled budgets and drained resources. Although the English poor laws were a 'residualist' system, aiding the destitute when neither family nor charities covered needs, they went through cycles of generosity and meanness that affected men and women unequally. The long-term history of welfare in England and Wales has not been a story of continued progress and improvement but one determined by continually changing attitudes toward poverty.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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 needy, while universal allowances and insurance systems expanded as the economy faltered and world wars crippled budgets and drained resources. Although the English poor laws were a 'residualist' system, aiding the destitute when neither family nor charities covered needs, they went through cycles of generosity and meanness that affected men and women unequally. The long-term history of welfare in England and Wales has not been a story of continued progress and improvement but one determined by continually changing attitudes toward poverty.

Revue de presse

'Lynn Hollen Lee's book puts flesh on the dry bones of poor law administration by citing human experiences ... derived from a largely untapped wealth of local records, autobiographies and other personal testimony ... this is a particularly timely book ... [and] is of great value in making sense of the wide range of poor law research in recent years and in focusing on the human experience of public relief.' The Times Literary Supplement

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521572614
ISBN 13 
9780521572613
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
392
Coordonnées du fabricant
Cambridge University Press
https://www.cambridge.org/

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9780521030663: The Solidarities of Strangers: The English Poor Laws and the People, 1700-1948

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521030668 ISBN 13 :  9780521030663
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008
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