Society and Pauperism : : English Ideas on Poor Relief, 1795–1834 / / J.R. Poynter.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Poynter, J.R.,
• MitwirkendeR: Poynter, J. R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1969
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.)

This is a study of the ideas and attitudes expressed in the extensive literature on poverty, pauperism and relief published in England between the 1790s and the 1830s. It describes, analyses and explains the recorded attitudes in that period to poverty as a social phenomenon. The focus of the study...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• I. The Poor Law before 1795
• II. The Debate before 1795
• III. Lessons of Scarcity
• IV. Eden, Bentham and Malthus
• V. Returns and Reformers
• VI. The Climax of Abolitionism
• VII. Contrary Opinions
• VIII. Reform by Committee
• IX. From Abolition to Amendment
• Bibliography
• Index