Navigating the Old English Poor Law : The Kirkby Lonsdale Letters, 1809-1836

At the heart of this book are the stories, in their own words, of ordinary people who fell into need and required the help of the local state in the early nineteenth century. We read their hopes, fears, detailed experiences of illness, and aspects of material conditions across a spectrum from nakedness and starvation to homelessness and eviction.

• | : Peter Jones (Nottingham Trent University), Steven King (Nottingham Trent University) (Edited by)
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 24, 2020
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 400 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0197266819
• | ISBN-13: 9780197266816