Author: Peter Murray
Publisher: Hodder Education
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9780340618912
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume examines a number of themes central to 19th-century social and political history in Britain. Looking in detail at the 1834 reform of the Poor Law, the author also considers the context in which the Poor Law was framed and the social values of those who supported and opposed it. The changing attitudes to poverty are considered with a review of the question, were the poor better treated in 1914 than they had been in 1830?. The book also looks at the complex historiography of the subject.
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Download or read book Poverty and Welfare 1830-1914 written by Peter Murray and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 1999 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines a number of themes central to 19th-century social and political history in Britain. Looking in detail at the 1834 reform of the Poor Law, the author also considers the context in which the Poor Law was framed and the social values of those who supported and opposed it. The changing attitudes to poverty are considered with a review of the question, were the poor better treated in 1914 than they had been in 1830?. The book also looks at the complex historiography of the subject.