The workhouse system, 1834-1929

The history of an English social institution

Author(s): Margaret Anne Crowther

Date(s): 1981

Publisher: Batsford Academic and Educational London 1981

ISBN: 0416360904

Notes:

The contents include legislation, workhouse buildings, the officers and staff including medical staff, and the inmates including the casual poor. At nearly 300 pages long, the book draws on extensive archival research and includes a bibliography.

Keywords:

workhouse poor poverty

SHIC codes:

,1.4,1.421,4.99

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