The solidarities of strangers : the English Poor Laws and the people, 1700-1948
Lees, Lynn Hollen1998
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Combining individual stories with official actions, this study shows how clients as well as officials negotiated welfare settlements, and how cultural definitions of entitlement, rather than available resources, determined the amounts.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Collation:
350p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780521572613 (hbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
834326
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