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Chronicling Poverty
. Ed(S): Hitchcock, Tim; Etc.; King, Peter (Professor Of Social History, Nene College, Northampton); Sharpe, Pamela (Lecturer In Economic And Social
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Description for Chronicling Poverty
Paperback. Since the mid-1970s many historians of the 18th and early-19th century have found sources in local archives which chronicle the lives, and many which record the words, of working people. This book brings together some of the work based on these sources. Editor(s): Hitchcock, Tim; etc.; King, Peter (Professor of Social History, Nene College, Northampton); Sharpe, Pamela (Lecturer in Economic and Social History, University of Bristol). Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JFFA; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
Over the last twenty years more and more historians of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries have turned their eyes away from the records of central administration, towards local archives, and the lives of the poor. What they have found is a wealth of sources some of which chronicle the lives, and many of which record the words, of working people. This book will bring together some of the best work based on these sources.
Over the last twenty years more and more historians of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries have turned their eyes away from the records of central administration, towards local archives, and the lives of the poor. What they have found is a wealth of sources some of which chronicle the lives, and many of which record the words, of working people. This book will bring together some of the best work based on these sources.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333678916
SKU
V9780333678916
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About . Ed(S): Hitchcock, Tim; Etc.; King, Peter (Professor Of Social History, Nene College, Northampton); Sharpe, Pamela (Lecturer In Economic And Social
PAMELA SHARPE is currently Queen Elizabeth II Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia in Perth. She was Lecturer in Social and Economic History at the University of Bristol from 1993 to 1999. She received an MA (Hons) in Economic History from the University of Edinburgh and completed a doctorate in demographic history at the Cambridge Group for the ... Read more
Reviews for Chronicling Poverty
'...a fine collection, which vividly demonstrates the nature and significance of the politics of parish relief.' - Steve Hindle, The Economic History Review