The Old Poor Law in Scotland

The Experience of Poverty, 1574-1845

Rosalind Mitchison (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2000
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7486-1344-1 (ISBN)

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Based entirely on research from primary sources, this book describes the development of the Scottish Poor Law as an instrument for the preservation of the old and destitute and, partially, as a protection against famine. It shows the effect of the Poor Law of the later Eighteenth Century agrarian reorganisation, the industrial revolution, Scottish urban development and the evangelical revival. This remarkably comprehensive investigation contains many revelations about the nature of Scottish social life over three centuries. * Covers the whole life of the Poor Law in Scotland * Based entirely on pioneering research of parish records and a wide range of other records * Contains numerous revelations about the nature of Scottish society over three centuries

Formerly professor of social history at the University of Edinburgh, Mitchison has been one of Scotland's leading social historians for almost four decades.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.2.2000
Zusatzinfo	maps
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	489 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7486-1344-7 / 0748613447
ISBN-13	978-0-7486-1344-1 / 9780748613441
Zustand	Neuware