The Victorian Workhouse

Whether it was 'the batille', 'the spike', 'the work'us' or simply 'the house', the Victorian workhouse was the cause of dread and shame for thousands of men, women and children. This book looks at the principles that lay beind the New Poor Law of 1834, at the design and construction of workhouses, and at the lives of those who entered them.

Product details

• Authors: Trevor May, May Trevor
• Publisher: SHIRE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780747803553
• ISBN: 978-0-7478-0355-3
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 203 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Shire Album S.; Shire Library; Shire Album S.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, 20th Century, LAW / Labor & Employment, Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc, Social & cultural history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Poverty & unemployment, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Poverty and precarity, Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings