THE WORKHOUSE: A STUDY OF POOR-LAW BUILDINGS IN ENGLAND
Written by Kathryn Morrison
Published by English Heritage; Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England
in 1999
ISBN: 1873592361
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (VICTORIAN)
- BUILDINGS
- SOCIAL HISTORY
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THE WORKHOUSE: A STUDY OF POOR-LAW BUILDINGS IN ENGLAND
Written by Kathryn Morrison.
Stock no. 1823445
1st.
1999.
Hardback.
Large format.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Recognising that an undervalued and poorly understood category of building was in danger of simply being lost, the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England has attempted to make a record of these structures against their historical background. A story of the student of social history, as much as for the professional architectural historian. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Previous owner's address label to front endpaper. Contents otherwise fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased, lightly faded to spine & worn at top of same, minor scuffing to rear panel. ISBN: 1873592361. Top corners of boards lightly bumped. Previous owner's address label to front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel, slightly faded to spine and worn at top of spine.
Front cover
Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Illustration Credits
- Glossary of Terms
- Introduction
- 1 The Building Evidence
- 2 Old Poor Law Institutions c 1550-1750
- 3 Old Poor Law Institutions c 1750-1834
- 4 The New Poor Law of 1834
- 5 New Poor Law Workhouses, 1835-1840
- 6 Corridor-Plan Workhouses, 1840-1870
- 7 Separate-Block Workhouses, 1870-1914
- 8 Poor-Law Buildings for Children
- 9 Poor-Law Buildings for the Sick, the Mentally Ill and the Mentally Handicapped
- 10 Poor-Law Buildings for Vagrants and the 'Houseless Poor'
- 11 The Workhouse after 1914
- 12 Conclusion: The Changing Role of the Poor-Law Institution in English Society
- Notes and references
- Bibliography
- Index