The Resource Writing the lives of the English poor, 1750s to 1830s, Steven King
Writing the lives of the English poor, 1750s to 1830s, Steven King
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The item Writing the lives of the English poor, 1750s to 1830s, Steven King represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
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- Summary
- "Tracing the experiences of poor people through their own words, Writing the Lives of the English Poor offers a history of the Old Poor Law from below. Steven King shifts attention from traditional approaches to welfare history, broadly "who got what, when," and reconstructs the process by which the poor claimed, extended or defended their parochial allowances. Colorful stories and histories of ordinary writers, their advocates and the officials with whom they engaged are distilled from the largest collection of parochial correspondence ever assembled and stand at the heart of this rethinking of English welfare history. A telling of these stories suggests that advocates, officials and the poor shared a common linguistic register and understanding of how far welfare decisions could be contested and negotiated. All participants in the tri-partite epistolary world of the parish colluded in the production of fictive accounts of suffering and this tolerance of fiction stood at the heart of the longevity of the Old Poor Law. Ranging the rhetorical infrastructure of pauper letters, Steven King constructs the relief decisions reported in end-of-process accounts as the outcome of a complex train of claims-making and contestation. At a time when the western European welfare model is under sustained threat, this book takes us back to its deepest roots and argues that the signature of a strong welfare system is that rules on entitlement must be, and must be seen to be, malleable."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Contents
-
- Welfare, power, and agency
- Points of navigation
- Mundane articles
- Official receptions
- Finding words
- History and fiction
- The rhetorical spectrum
- Anchoring rhetoric
- The rhetoric of character
- The rhetoric of dignity
- Rhetorics of life-cycle and gender
- The pauper self
- Process and agency reconsidered
- Isbn
- 9780773556508
- Label
- Writing the lives of the English poor, 1750s to 1830s
- Title
- Writing the lives of the English poor, 1750s to 1830s
- Statement of responsibility
- Steven King
- Subject
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- England -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Great Britain -- Social policy
- Poor -- England -- Correspondence
- Poor -- England -- History -- 18th century
- Poor -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Public welfare -- England -- History -- 18th century
- Public welfare -- England -- History -- 19th century
- 1700-1899
- England -- Social conditions -- 18th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Tracing the experiences of poor people through their own words, Writing the Lives of the English Poor offers a history of the Old Poor Law from below. Steven King shifts attention from traditional approaches to welfare history, broadly "who got what, when," and reconstructs the process by which the poor claimed, extended or defended their parochial allowances. Colorful stories and histories of ordinary writers, their advocates and the officials with whom they engaged are distilled from the largest collection of parochial correspondence ever assembled and stand at the heart of this rethinking of English welfare history. A telling of these stories suggests that advocates, officials and the poor shared a common linguistic register and understanding of how far welfare decisions could be contested and negotiated. All participants in the tri-partite epistolary world of the parish colluded in the production of fictive accounts of suffering and this tolerance of fiction stood at the heart of the longevity of the Old Poor Law. Ranging the rhetorical infrastructure of pauper letters, Steven King constructs the relief decisions reported in end-of-process accounts as the outcome of a complex train of claims-making and contestation. At a time when the western European welfare model is under sustained threat, this book takes us back to its deepest roots and argues that the signature of a strong welfare system is that rules on entitlement must be, and must be seen to be, malleable."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- NhCcYBP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1966-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- King, Steven
- Dewey number
- 361.6/5094109033
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HC260.P6
- LC item number
- K55 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- ProQuest (Firm)
- Series statement
- States, people, and the history of social change
- Series volume
- 1
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Poor
- Poor
- Poor
- Public welfare
- Public welfare
- Great Britain
- England
- England
- Label
- Writing the lives of the English poor, 1750s to 1830s, Steven King
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Welfare, power, and agency -- Points of navigation -- Mundane articles -- Official receptions -- Finding words -- History and fiction -- The rhetorical spectrum -- Anchoring rhetoric -- The rhetoric of character -- The rhetoric of dignity -- Rhetorics of life-cycle and gender -- The pauper self -- Process and agency reconsidered
- Control code
- MSTDDA5632019
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780773556508
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- Writing the lives of the English poor, 1750s to 1830s, Steven King
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Welfare, power, and agency -- Points of navigation -- Mundane articles -- Official receptions -- Finding words -- History and fiction -- The rhetorical spectrum -- Anchoring rhetoric -- The rhetoric of character -- The rhetoric of dignity -- Rhetorics of life-cycle and gender -- The pauper self -- Process and agency reconsidered
- Control code
- MSTDDA5632019
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780773556508
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
Subject
- England -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Great Britain -- Social policy
- Poor -- England -- Correspondence
- Poor -- England -- History -- 18th century
- Poor -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Public welfare -- England -- History -- 18th century
- Public welfare -- England -- History -- 19th century
- 1700-1899
- England -- Social conditions -- 18th century
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