Chris Upton

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The Birmingham Parish Workhouse, 1730-1840Paperback, 1 August 2019

The Birmingham Parish Workhouse, 1730-1840
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Print Length
272 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Hertfordshire Press
Date Published
1 Aug 2019
ISBN-10
191226014X
ISBN-13
9781912260140

Description

Very little is known of the first workhouse in Birmingham. Even the assumed date of its building, given as 1733 by William Hutton, is wrong. This book is the first attempt to write a history of the workhouse and the ancillary welfare provision for Birmingham, frequently referred to as the 'Old Poor Law.' This study of welfare in Birmingham in the century before the Poor Law Amendment Act reveals some surprising facts which fly in the face of the scholarly consensus that the old system was incompetently administered and inadequately organized. The records of the Overseers and the Poor Law Guardians reveal a complex balancing act between maintaining standards of care and controlling spending. Although there was mismanagement, the picture which emerges will be familiar to our age when welfare services struggle to meet public needs with limited budgets.

Product Details

Author:
Chris Upton
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 August 2019
Dimensions:
23.11 x 15.49 x 1.27 cm
Genre:
British
ISBN-10:
191226014X
ISBN-13:
9781912260140
Language:
English
Pages:
272
Weight:
476.27 gm

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