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The Solidarities of Strangers : The English Poor Laws and the People, 1700-1948
The Solidarities of Strangers The English Poor Laws and the People 1700-1948
Author: Lynn Hollen Lees
This study of English policies toward the poor from the seventeenth century to the present combines individual stories with official actions. Lynn Lees shows how clients as well as officials negotiated welfare settlements--cultural definitions of entitlement, rather than available resources, determined amounts and beneficiaries. The English poor...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521572613
ISBN-10: 0521572614
Publication Date: 1/28/1998
Pages: 389
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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