Pauper Capital

Pauper Capital
Author: David R. Green
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2010
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780754630081

This work provides the first detailed study of the poor law in London during the period leading up to and after the implementation of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. Drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary sources the book focuses explicitly on the ways in which those involved with the poor law - both as providers and recipients - negotiated the provision of relief.

Chartist Movement in Britain, 1838-1856, Volume 6

Chartist Movement in Britain, 1838-1856, Volume 6
Author: Gregory Claeys
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 522
Release: 2021-11-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000558770

Containing over 100 pamphlets, this edition provides a resource for the study of Chartism, covering the main areas of Chartist activity, including agitation for the Charter itself, the Land Plan, the issue of moral versus physical force and trade unionism.