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Cover of Poverty and Social Welfare Key 19th Century Journal Sources in Social Wefare

Poverty and Social Welfare: Key 19th Century Journal Sources in Social Wefare

Edited by David Gladstone

  • Published: 2017
  • DOI: 10.4324/9780415137461
  • Set ISBN: 9780415137461

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Poverty and the Poor Laws 1820–1899

The Poor Law occupies a distinctive place in the history of English social welfare. Developed in successive Acts of Parliament enacted by the Tudor governments of the sixteenth century, it persisted for three and a half centuries, from its codification in Acts of 1598 and 1601 until its demise was formally acknowledged in the opening sentence of the National Assistance Act of 1948 passed by the post-Second World War Labour government as part of the creation of Britain’s Welfare State. It thus operated as an integral part of the social welfare system from the reign of the first Queen Elizabeth until just four years before Queen Elizabeth the Second came to the throne.

Volume Contents

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    Front Matter
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    Introduction By David Gladstone
  • Perspectives on Poverty
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      Causes of Poverty: The Westminster Review, vol. 50, October 1848 By W Ellis
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      The Workless, the Thriftless, and the Worthless: The Contemporary Review, vol. 53, January and February 1888 By Francis Peek
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      Is Poverty Diminishing?: The Contemporary Review, vol. 69, April 1896 By J. A. Hobson
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      Mr. Hobson on Poverty: The Contemporary Review, vol. 69, June 1896 By William H. Mallock
  • Reforming the Poor Law
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      The Poor Laws: The Quarterly Review, vol. 33, March 1826 By Francis Palgrave
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      Poor Laws: The Edinburgh Review, vol. 47, May 1828 By J. R. McCulloch
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      Poor Laws Report: The Westminster Review, vol. 20, April 1834 By Anon.
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      The New Poor Law: The Edinburgh Review, vol. 63, July 1836 By Edwin Chadwick
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      Poor Laws in Ireland: Blackwood’s Magazine, vol. 27, May 1830 By Edward Edwards
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      Poor Laws For Scotland: The Quarterly Review, vol. 75, December 1844 By George J.D. Poulett Scrope
  • Experiencing Poverty and the Poor Law
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      The Outcast Poor: The Contemporary Review, vol. 44, December 1883 By Brooke Lambert; Andrew Mearns
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      Highland Destitution and Irish Emigration: The Quarterly Review, vol. 90, December 1851 By William Rathbone Greg
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      Within Workhouse Walls: The Contemporary Review, vol. 75, June 1899 By Virginia M. Crawford
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      The Workhouse from the Inside: The Contemporary Review, vol. 76, October 1899 By Edith M. Shaw
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      A Product of the Poor Law: Blackwood’s Magazine, vol. 160, October 1896 By Christina Steevens
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      The Work of Women as Poor Law Guardians: The Westminster Review, vol. 123, April 1885 By Frances H. Müller
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      Women as Poor-Law Guardians: The Westminster Review, vol. 139, January 1893 By Matilda M. Blake
  • The Late Nineteenth-Century Debate
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      The Reform of the Poor Law: The Contemporary Review, vol. 58, July 1890 By Sidney Webb
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      Poor Law Reform: The Contemporary Review, vol. 63, March 1893 By Samuel A. Barnett
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      The New National Insurance Laws of Germany: The Contemporary Review, vol. 54, August 1888 By Henry M. Felkin
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      Old Age Pensions: The Westminster Review, vol. 152, November 1899 By John Trist