The Experience of Urban Poverty, 1723–82

Alannah Tomkins

Manchester University Press, 2006

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This comparative study of urban poverty is the first to chart the irregular pulse of poverty's encounters with officialdom. It exploits an unusual methodology to secure new perspectives from familiar sources. The highly localised characteristics of the welfare economy generated a peculiarly urban environment for the poor. Separate chapters e

ISBN-13
9780719075049
ISBN-10
0719075041
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Year
2006
Publication date
2006-10-30
Pages
304
Dimensions
166x252x31
Weight
626