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• catalog abstract ""This collection of studies investigates English poverty between 1700 and 1850 and the ways in which the poor made ends meet. The phrase 'economy of makeshifts' has often been used to summarise the patchy, disparate and sometimes failing strategies of the poor for material survival. Incomes or benefits derived through the 'economy' ranged from wages yielded by under-employment via petty crime through to charity; however, until now, discussions of this array of makeshifts have usually fallen short of answering vital questions about how and when the poor secured access to them. This book represents the single most significant attempt in print to supply the English 'economy of makeshifts' with a solid, empirical basis and to advance the concept of makeshifts from a vague but convenient label to a more precise yet inclusive definition." "Individual chapters written by some of the leading historians of welfare examine how advantages gained from access to common land, mobilisation of kinship support, crime, and other marginal resources could prop up struggling households. They consider how the balance of these strategies might change over time or be modified by gender, life-cycle and geography. A comprehensive introduction summarises the state of research on English poverty, and a conclusion makes valuable suggestions for the direction of future research." "This book will be crucial for historians of social life and welfare, of interest to researchers working on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England and will be useful to undergraduates seeking guidance on the historiography of poverty."--Jacket.".
• catalog alternative "Economy of makeshifts".
• catalog contributor b13006866.
• catalog contributor b13006867.
• catalog created "2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
• catalog description ""This collection of studies investigates English poverty between 1700 and 1850 and the ways in which the poor made ends meet. The phrase 'economy of makeshifts' has often been used to summarise the patchy, disparate and sometimes failing strategies of the poor for material survival. Incomes or benefits derived through the 'economy' ranged from wages yielded by under-employment via petty crime through to charity; however, until now, discussions of this array of makeshifts have usually fallen short of answering vital questions about how and when the poor secured access to them. This book represents the single most significant attempt in print to supply the English 'economy of makeshifts' with a solid, empirical basis and to advance the concept of makeshifts from a vague but convenient label to a more precise yet inclusive definition." "Individual chapters written by some of the leading historians of welfare examine how advantages gained from access to common land, mobilisation of kinship support, crime, and other marginal resources could prop up struggling households. They consider how the balance of these strategies might change over time or be modified by gender, life-cycle and geography. A comprehensive introduction summarises the state of research on English poverty, and a conclusion makes valuable suggestions for the direction of future research." "This book will be crucial for historians of social life and welfare, of interest to researchers working on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England and will be useful to undergraduates seeking guidance on the historiography of poverty."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Introduction / Alannah Tomkins, Steven King -- 'Not by bread only'? Common right, parish relief and endowed charity in a forest economy, c. 1600-1800 / Steve Hindle -- Economy of makeshifts and the poor law: a game of chance? / Margaret Hanly -- 'Agents in their own concerns'? Charity and the economy of makeshifts in eighteenth-century Britain / Sarah Lloyd -- Crime, criminal networks and the survival strategies of the poor in early eighteenth-century London / Heather Shore -- Pawnbroking and the survival strategies of the urban poor in 1770s York / Alannah Tomkins -- Kinship, poor relief and the welfare process in early modern England / Sam Barrett -- Making the most of opportunity: the economy of makeshifts in the early modern north / Steven King -- Conclusion / Steven King, Alannah Tomkins.".
• catalog extent "x, 285 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0719061598 (hc)".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Manchester, UK ; New York, NY : Manchester University Press : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave,".
• catalog spatial "England".
• catalog subject "305.5/69/094209033 21".
• catalog subject "Charity England History.".
• catalog subject "Charity History.".
• catalog subject "HC260.P6 P66 2003".
• catalog subject "Income England History.".
• catalog subject "Poor England History.".
• catalog subject "Public welfare England History.".
• catalog subject "Social networks England History.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction / Alannah Tomkins, Steven King -- 'Not by bread only'? Common right, parish relief and endowed charity in a forest economy, c. 1600-1800 / Steve Hindle -- Economy of makeshifts and the poor law: a game of chance? / Margaret Hanly -- 'Agents in their own concerns'? Charity and the economy of makeshifts in eighteenth-century Britain / Sarah Lloyd -- Crime, criminal networks and the survival strategies of the poor in early eighteenth-century London / Heather Shore -- Pawnbroking and the survival strategies of the urban poor in 1770s York / Alannah Tomkins -- Kinship, poor relief and the welfare process in early modern England / Sam Barrett -- Making the most of opportunity: the economy of makeshifts in the early modern north / Steven King -- Conclusion / Steven King, Alannah Tomkins.".
• catalog title "Economy of makeshifts".
• catalog title "The poor in England, 1700-1850 : an economy of makeshifts / edited by Steven King and Alannah Tomkins.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".