The Workhouse System 1834 1929

Author : M. A. Crowther
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317236825

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The Workhouse System 1834-1929 by M. A. Crowther Pdf

First published in 1981. Professor Crowther traces the history of the workhouse system from the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 to the Local Government Act of 1929. At their outset the large residential institutions were seen by the Poor Law Commissioners as a cure for nearly all social ills. In fact these formidable, impersonal, prison-like buildings – housing all paupers under one roof – became institutionalised: places where routine came to be an end in itself. In the early twentieth century some of the workhouses became hospitals or homes for the old or handicapped but many continued to form a residual service for those who needed long-term care. Crowther pays attention not only to the administrators but also to the inmates and their daily life. She illustrates that the workhouse system was not simply a nineteenth-century phenomenon but a forerunner of many of today’s social institutions.

Author : Margaret Anne Crowther
Publisher : Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Almshouses
ISBN : 0820305944

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The Workhouse System, 1834-1929 by Margaret Anne Crowther Pdf

Author : M. A. Crowther
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317236818

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The Workhouse System 1834-1929 by M. A. Crowther Pdf

First published in 1981. Professor Crowther traces the history of the workhouse system from the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 to the Local Government Act of 1929. At their outset the large residential institutions were seen by the Poor Law Commissioners as a cure for nearly all social ills. In fact these formidable, impersonal, prison-like buildings – housing all paupers under one roof – became institutionalised: places where routine came to be an end in itself. In the early twentieth century some of the workhouses became hospitals or homes for the old or handicapped but many continued to form a residual service for those who needed long-term care. Crowther pays attention not only to the administrators but also to the inmates and their daily life. She illustrates that the workhouse system was not simply a nineteenth-century phenomenon but a forerunner of many of today’s social institutions.

Author : Felix Driver
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0521607477

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Power and Pauperism by Felix Driver Pdf

A new perspective on the place of the workhouse in the history and geography of nineteenth-century society and social policy.

Author : Michael B Katz
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1996-12-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780465024520

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In the Shadow Of the Poorhouse (Tenth Anniversary Edition) by Michael B Katz Pdf

With welfare reform a burning political issue, this special anniversary edition of the classic history of welfare in America has been revised and updated to include the latest bipartisan debates on how to “end welfare as we know it.”In the Shadow of the Poorhouse examines the origins of social welfare, both public and private, from the days of the colonial poorhouse through the current tragedy of the homeless. The book explains why such a highly criticized system persists. Katz explores the relationship between welfare and municipal reform; the role of welfare capitalism, eugenics, and social insurance in the reorganization of the labor market; the critical connection between poverty and politics in the rise of the New Deal welfare state; and how the War on Poverty of the '60s became the war on welfare of the '80s.

Author : Peter Higginbotham
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780752477190

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The Workhouse Encyclopedia by Peter Higginbotham Pdf

This fascinating, fully illustrated volume is the definitive guide to every aspect of the workhouse and of the poor relief system in which it played a pivotal part. Compiled by Peter Higginbotham, one of Britain's best-known experts on the subject, this A-Z cornucopia covers everything from the 1725 publication An Account of Several Work-houses to the South African Zulu admitted to Fulham Road Workhouse in 1880. With hundreds of fascinating anecdotes, plus priceless information for researchers including workhouse locations throughout the British Isles, useful websites and archive repository details, maps, plans, original workhouse publications and an extensive bibliography, it will delight family historians and general readers alike. Where was my local workhouse? What records did they keep? What is gruel and is it really what inmates lived on? How did you get out of a workhouse? What famous people were once workhouse inmates? Are there any workhouse buildings I can visit? If these are the kinds of questions you've ever wanted to know the answer to, then this is the book for you.

Author : Simon Fowler
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783831517

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The Workhouse by Simon Fowler Pdf

The stories of those who lived in the shadow of the workhouse'??During the nineteenth century the workhouse cast a shadow over the lives of the poor. The destitute and the desperate sought refuge within its forbidding walls. And it was an ever-present threat if poor families failed to look after themselves properly. As a result a grim mythology has grown up about the horrors of the 'house' and the mistreatment meted out to the innocent pauper. ??In this fully-updated and revised edition of his bestselling book, Simon Fowler takes a fresh look at the workhouse and the people who sought help from it. He looks at how the system of the Poor Law _ of which the workhouse was a key part _ was organised and the men and women who ran the workhouses or were employed to care for the inmates.??But above all this is the moving story of the tens of thousands of children, men, women and the elderly who were forced to endure grim conditions to survive in an unfeeling world.??'A poignant account ... draws powerfully on letters from The National Archives ... [Simon Fowler] brings out the horror, but it is fair-minded to those struggling to be humane within an inhumane system,' The Independent??'A good introduction,' The Guardian.??The history of workhouses and poverty ('misery history') has recently been prominently covered on TV shows like WDYTYA? and ITV's Secrets from the Workhouse, and referenced in historical dramas like The Village and Ripper Street.

Author : Margaret Anne Crowther
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Almshouses
ISBN : 0713436719

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The Workhouse System 1843-1929 by Margaret Anne Crowther Pdf

Author : Turner, Jo,Taylor, Paul
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447325895

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A companion to the history of crime and criminal justice by Turner, Jo,Taylor, Paul Pdf

The history of crime and punishment is an important, yet under-resourced area of criminology and criminal justice. This valuable book provides concise but robust definitions of key terms and concepts, going well beyond a simple explanation of the word or theme. Offering a succinct approach to the vocabulary and terminology of historical and contemporary approaches to crime and punishment, it includes entries from expert contributors in a user-friendly A-Z format with clear direction to related entries and further reading. Including explanations of terms ranging from 'garrotting' to The Bow Street Runners, baby farming to juvenile delinquency, this easily accessible text will be ideal for the reader to draw on across the variety of modules and studies relating to the topic.

Author : Samantha Williams
Publisher : Springer
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319733203

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Unmarried Motherhood in the Metropolis, 1700–1850 by Samantha Williams Pdf

In this book Samantha Williams examines illegitimacy, unmarried parenthood and the old and new poor laws in a period of rising illegitimacy and poor relief expenditure. In doing so, she explores the experience of being an unmarried mother from courtship and conception, through the discovery of pregnancy, and the birth of the child in lodgings or one of the new parish workhouses. Although fathers were generally held to be financially responsible for their illegitimate children, the recovery of these costs was particularly low in London, leaving the parish ratepayers to meet the cost. Unmarried parenthood was associated with shame and men and women could also be subject to punishment, although this was generally infrequent in the capital. Illegitimacy and the poor law were interdependent and this book charts the experience of unmarried motherhood and the making of metropolitan bastardy.

Author : A.W. Ager
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441160966

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Crime and Poverty in 19th-Century England by A.W. Ager Pdf

It has long been suggested that poverty was responsible for a criminal underclass emerging in Britain during the nineteenth century. Until quite recently, historians did little to challenge this perception. Using innovative quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques, this book looks in detail at some of the causal factors that motivated the poorer classes to commit crime, or act in ways that transgressed acceptable standards of behaviour. It demonstrates how the strategies that these individuals employed varied between urban and rural environments, and shows how the poor railed against legislative reforms that threatened the solvency of their households. In the process, this book provides the first solid appreciation of the complex relationship between crime and poverty in two distinct socio-economic regions between 1830 and 1885.

Author : Anne Borsay
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137181091

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Disability and Social Policy in Britain since 1750 by Anne Borsay Pdf

This approachable study explores experiences of physical and mental impairment in Britain since the Industrial Revolution. Using literary, visual, and oral sources to complement documentary evidence, Anne Borsay pays particular attention to the testimonies of disabled people. Disability and Social Policy in Britain since 1750: - Places disability policies within their historical context - examines citizenship and social exclusion from a historical perspective - Sketches the key characteristics of modern industrial societies - Focuses on the shifting mixed economy of welfare, the development of social rights and the construction of identity - Assesses institutional living in workhouses, hospitals, asylums, and schools - Appraises community living with reference to employment, financial relief and community care - Reviews social policies post-1979 Borsay argues that disabled people were excluded from the full rights of citizenship because they were marginal to the labour market and suggests that history may play a role in raising personal and political consciousness. Containing illustrations, and clearly structured, this book is an ideal guide for all those with an interest in the history of disability and social policies.

Author : Clare Rose
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351920599

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Making, Selling and Wearing Boys' Clothes in Late-Victorian England by Clare Rose Pdf

There has been a great deal of recent interest in masculine clothing, examining both its production and consumption, and the ways in which it was used to create individual identities and to build businesses, from 1850 onwards. Drawing upon a wide range of sources this book studies the interaction between producers and consumers at a key period in the development of the ready-made clothing industry. It also shows that many innovations in advertising clothing, usually considered to have been developed in America, had earlier British precedents. To counter the lack of documentary evidence that has hitherto hampered research into the dress practices of non-elite groups, this book utilises thousands of unpublished visual documents. These include hundreds of manufacturers' designs, which underline an unexpected degree of investment by manufacturers in boys' clothing, and which was matched by heavy investment in advertising, with thousands of images of boys' clothing for shop catalogues in the Stationers' Hall copyright archive. Another key source is the archives of Dr Barnardo's Homes. This extraordinary collection contains over 15,000 documented photographs of boys entering between 1875 and 1900, allowing us to look beyond official polarization of 'raggedness' and 'respectability' used by charities and social reformers of all stripes and to establish the clothing that was actually worn by a large sample of boys. A close analysis of 1,800 images reveals that even when families were impoverished, they strove to present their boys in ways that reflected their position in the family group and in society. By drawing on these visual sources, and linking the design and retailing of boys' clothing with social, cultural and economic issues, this book shows that an understanding of the production and consumption of the boys clothing is central to debates on the growth of the consumer society, the development of mass-market fashion, and concepts of childhood and masculinity.

Author : Margaret Drinkall
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750952682

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Rotherham Workhouse by Margaret Drinkall Pdf

This fascinating volume explores all aspects of life in that dread institution, the workhouse. From the staff who lived and worked here to the lunatics who were kept - sometimes unsuccessfully - in the medical wing, the babies and mothers whose lives began - and sometimes ended - in the maternity ward, and the tramps, families and destitute persons who passed through the doors every day, it reveals a side of Rotherham that has long since been forgotten. This book also contains something that will delight all family historians - an extensive list of workhouse inmates in Rotherham. With more than fifty illustrations, this book will amaze locals, residents and historians alike.

Author : Peter Bartlett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1999-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780567562173

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The Poor Law of Lunacy by Peter Bartlett Pdf

In The Poor Law of Lunacy, Peter Bartlett examines the legal and administrative regime of the 19th-century asylum, arguing that it is to be thought of as an aspect of English poor law in which the medical superintendent of the asylum has little power. The text also examines the place of the county asylum movement in the poor law debates of the mid-19th century. Using the Leicestershire asylum as a case study, the author looks at the role of the poor law officers in the admission processes of the asylum, and relations between poor law staff, asylum staff and the poor law and lunacy central inspectorates.