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Condizione: Sehr gut. First Edition. Octavo. XXI, Errata, 432 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher's cloth with lettering to spine. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. A rare book with A comprehensive view of territorial differences in Poor Law and Parochial Relief within the England and Scotland of the early 19th century. Chapters include details of Accounts, Allotments and Land and Gardens (".for occupation after hours as a mere amusement") Chapters include Costs of keeping in Workhouses / Allowances given to able-bodied without work being required / Allowances given at Liverpool to the aged and infirm / Bastardy - Chiefly caused in workhouses by the absence of the menas for necessary division of the sexes / Beer-Shops / Chapters on Emigration to Canada, to the United States, Emigrants from Lenham etc. Pauperism / Rents of Labourers Dwellings / Riots in Sussex / Causes of Riots at Brede and at Northiam / History of Poor-Laws at the City of Oxford (The Rev. H. Bishop's Report) / etc.