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The Poor in Western Europe in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: 25 (Routledge Library Editions: The History of Social Welfare) - Softcover

Book 19 of 25: Routledge Library Editions: The History of Social Welfare

Woolf, Stuart

 
9781138201248: The Poor in Western Europe in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: 25 (Routledge Library Editions: The History of Social Welfare)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1138201243 ISBN 13: 9781138201248
Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

First published in 1986, this book examines poverty and changing attitudes towards the poor and charity across England, France and Italy. It discusses the causes of poverty and the distinctions between the poor and the class-conscious proletariat. Taking early nineteenth-century Italy as a special study, it uses the exceptionally rich documentary sources from this time to examine such issues as charity, repression, the reasons why families suffered poverty and what strategies they adopted for survival. In this study, Stuart Woolf takes full account of recent work in historical demography and in sociological studies of poverty and the welfare state to produce this original and thoughtful work.

This book will be of interest to those studying the history of poverty, class and the welfare state.

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Stuart Woolf

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138201243
ISBN 13 
9781138201248
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
252