Marginality and misfortune : poverty and social welfare in Lancashire, c.1630-1760
Exploiting underused sources, notably petitions and censuses, the present thesis offers the most detailed study yet of 'deserving' poverty in the period, aiming to re-emphasize economic and social structural issues in the study of poverty and poor relief. In particular, it challenges recen...
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University of Oxford
2008
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.560457 |