The State of the Poor: Or, An History Of The Labouring Classes In England, From The Conquest To The Present Period: Volume 3 - Brossura

Eden, Frederick Morton

 
9781108036894: The State of the Poor: Or, An History Of The Labouring Classes In England, From The Conquest To The Present Period: Volume 3
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ISBN 10: 1108036899 ISBN 13: 9781108036894
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Sinossi

Published in 1797, this three-volume work describes poverty in England and the various measures introduced to deal with it.

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Descrizione del libro

Published in 1797, this three-volume work looks at the history of poverty in England, the lifestyles of the poor and the various measures introduced to tackle the problem. It features a set of detailed reports on living conditions of the poor in the various English counties.

Contenuti

Parochial Reports - England: Surrey; Sussex; Warwickshire; Westmoreland; Wiltshire; Worcestershire; Yorkshire; North Wales: Denbighshire; South Wales: Pembrokeshire; Radnorshire; Appendix: 1. A comparative and chronological table of prices; 2. Wages appointed by statute, in 1495; 3. Wages of labourers, rated by justices at different periods; 4. Compositions paid by the different counties, in lieu of purveyance, in 1593; 5. Extracts from the Houshold Book of the Earl of Surrey, in 1523; 6. Extracts from Sir Edward Coke's houshold accounts, in 1596; 7. Regulations of a House of Correction at Bury, Suffolk, in 1589; 8. Principal Acts of Parliament concerning the poor; 9. Catalogue and titles of the statutes relating to the poor; 10. Account of the poor in Scotland; 11. Mr. Pitt's speech on 12th February 1796, and heads of his Poor Bill; 12. Expences and earnings of agricultural labourers, in various parts of England; 13. Prices of provisions in Suffolk, for five years; 14. Poor's rates, houses paying and exempted from window-tax, and population, in several parishes; 15. Mr. Bailey's computation of the quantity of meat, etc. necessary in work-houses; 16. Forms of registers for admissions, births, deaths, and apprenticeships of parish children; 17. Account of broad and narrow cloths, manufactured in the West Riding of Yorkshire, since 1726; and county expences in the West Riding, for several years; 18. Catalogue of English publications concerning the poor; 19. Proposal for a County Bank in Cumberland; 20. Dr. Price's tables for regulating contributions and allowances in friendly societies; 21. Mr. Pitt's Poor Bill, as amended by the Committee of the House of Commons; Index.

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Editore
Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione
2011
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1108036899
ISBN 13 
9781108036894
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
674
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
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