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The old Poor Law in Scotland : the experience of poverty, 1574-1845 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mitchison, Rosalind
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
Poor laws > Scotland > History.
Public welfare > Scotland > History.
Poor > Services for > Scotland > History.
Scotland > Social conditions.
Medicine > History > 17th century.
Medicine > History > 18th century.
Poverty > legislation & jurisprudence
Poverty > history
Legislation as Topic > history
Social Class > history
Social Segregation > history
History, 16th Century
History, 17th Century
History, 18th Century
Scotland
Aide sociale > Écosse > Histoire.
Pauvres > Services > Écosse > Histoire.
Écosse > Conditions sociales.
Médecine > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Lois sur les pauvres > Écosse > Histoire.
Medicine
Poor laws
Poor > Services for
Public welfare
Social conditions
Scotland > Law and legislation > History.
Scotland > Poorhouses, poor law, etc. > History.
Armenwet.
Armoede.
Armenzorg.
1600-1799
History
Online Access:Book review (H-Net)
Book review (H-Net)
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Getting started
  • 2. Problems and achievements, 1650-1700
  • 3. Law and uncertainty, 1700-1770
  • 4. Resources
  • 5. The poor and their support
  • 6. Changing dogmas
  • 7. Post-war discomfort and debate
  • 8. The need for reform
  • 9. The end of the Old Poor Law
  • 10. How the poor lived
  • Map: The Scottish Counties in the nineteenth century.