Writing the lives of the English poor, 1750s -1830s 9780773556485, 9780773556492, 9780773556508, 9780773556515, 0773556486, 0773556494

Writing the Lives of the English Poor, 1750s-1830s 9780773556508

Focusing on the words and experiences of the poor themselves, this book rewrites our understanding of English social pol

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A History of the English Poor Law (Volume III) 9781315467733

First published in 1854, this comprehensive work charts over three volumes the history of poor relief in England from th

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Materializing Poverty : How the Poor Transform Their Lives 9780759124226, 9780759124219

Poverty is generally defined as a lack of material resources. However, the relationships that poor people have with thei

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Writing Lives in the Eighteenth Century 9781684482306

Writing Lives in the Eighteenth Century is a collection of essays on memoir, biography, and autobiography during a forma

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Rosenfeld's Lives: Fame, Oblivion, and the Furies of Writing 9780300156287

Born in Chicago in 1918, the prodigiously gifted and erudite Isaac Rosenfeld was anointed a “genius” upon the publicatio

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Embodied History: The Lives of the Poor in Early Philadelphia 0812218485, 9780812218480

Offering a new view into the lives and experiences of plebeian men and women, and a provocative exploration of the histo

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English Poor Law Policy 9781297591907

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Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope 9783732694556

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The Old English Lives of St. Margaret 0521032679, 9780521032674

This book presents the two Old English versions of the colourful legend of the virgin martyr, St Margaret of Antioch, wh

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English Immigrant Voices: Labourers' Letters from Upper Canada in the 1830s 9780773568334

Emigrants sent by the Petworth Emigration Committee were part of a wave of rural workers in the 1830s whose immigration

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