Essex Pauper Letters, 1731-1837

Klappentext The immensely rich archives from the administration of the English poor law before 1834 include letters to the overseers of the poor that came from the poor themselves. As personal testimonies of people claiming relief, which are often written in a stunningly 'private' tone, pauper letters allow deep insights into the living conditions, experiences and attitudes of the labouring poor in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This edition contains some 750 of these letters, all those presently known to survive in the county of Essex. The Introduction demonstrates the immense importance of this neglected source, both for the social historian and for the comparative study of literacy. Zusammenfassung The immensely rich archives from the administration of the English poor law before 1834 include letters to the overseers of the poor that came from the poor themselves. This edition contains 750 of these letters, and aims to demonstrate the importance of this source, both for the social historian and for the comparative study of literacy.

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• Authors: Thomas (EDT) Sokoll
• Assisted by: Thomas Sokoll (Editor), Thomas (Lecturer in Early Modern History Sokoll (Editor), Sokoll Thomas (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.05.2006
• EAN: 9780197263488
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726348-8
• No. of pages: 727
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 38 mm
• Series: Records of Social and Economic History (New Series); Records of Social and Economic; Records of Social and Economic History (New Series); Records of Social and Economic History; Records of Social and Economic
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, Essex, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Poverty & unemployment, Economic history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, C 1700 To C 1800, Poverty and precarity