9781859280331

Book Description: 1995. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fair. 1995 hardcover edition. Ex library copy without dustjacket and with stamps and labels but the text is clean and the binding is tight. In the 1850s and 60s, poor relief in London's eastern/riverside districts collapsed. Squeezed by a shrinking fiscal base and increasing demand for relief, poor law unions were engulfed by a tide of pauperism. This work shows that the problem lay in changes taking place in London's economy. Posted promptly by UK seller. Bookseller Inventory # N5-2NTY-H1XQ

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Book Description: Ashgate Publishing, Limited, Aldershot, United Kingdom, 1995. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 24.8 x 16.5 x 3.2 cm. 298 Pages. Minimal ex-library markings. UNREAD. Very small bump to top corner of upper board. This is a comprehensive account of the impact of ecconomic change on social polarization and the provision of welfare in 19th century London. As well as making an important contribution to the historiography of London, it is a major study of the nature of 19th century urban development. In the first half of the nineteenth century profound changes in the manufacturing and service sectors of the London economy helped to transform the city's social geography. Such changes contributed to the outbreak of labour protests, the outcome of which in turn helped to shape the city's economic and social network. Impovrishment of large sections of the workforce, coupled with significant movement of population within the city, undermined the capacity of welfare institutions to provide relief. Faced with the rising tide of poverty, the Poor Law in the East End and riverside districts of London collapsed. Through the use of a wide variety of sources, the author sets micro-scale studies of individual neighbourhoods and trades within the context of long-term economic and geographical change within the capital. Unlike previous studies, this approach explicitly links everyday activities of London's working class with much broader and lond-term processes that shapes the city's social, economic and administrative structures during the course of the 19th century. This makes the book particulary valuable for urban, economic and social historians as well as for geographers seeking to understand the complex process of rapid urban change. Bookseller Inventory # X110-1153

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Book Description: Scolar Press, 1995. Economics. Bookseller Inventory # 2461152

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