Poverty archaeology: architecture, material culture and the workhouse under the new poor law
Auteur :
Newman, Charlotte / Fennelly, Katherine
Éditeur :
Berghahn Books
ISBN :
9781805391098
Date de publication :
13 oct. 2023
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
Library binding
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The Poor Laws in the United Kingdom left a built and material legacy of over two centuries of legislative provision for the poor and infirm. Workhouses represent the first centralized, state-organized system for welfare. This volume forms a social archaeology of the lived experience of poverty and health in the nineteenth century.