- Oxford University Press, USA
Navigating the Old English Poor Law: The Kirkby Lonsdale Letters, 1809-1836
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- Peter Jones
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Hardcover
- 9780197266816
- 8.3 X 5.9 X 0.6 inches
- 0.8 pounds
- History > Europe - Great Britain - Georgian Era (1714-1837)
- English
Book Description
The letters also provide a sense of the emotional landscape of those who have largely escaped the attention of historians of emotion. Here we find anger, suffering, gratitude, hopelessness, fear, humiliation and humility, largely in the words and voice of those who experienced such emotions. And above all we find agency - a group of poor people and their advocates who were willing and able, indeed saw it as their right, to challenge those who administered welfare and attempt to shape a system which notionally at least afforded them no power. Here, then, are ordinary lives played out on a canvas that will be appealing to a wide readership.
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