The State of the Poor: Or, An History of the Labouring Classes in England, from the Conquest to the Present Period (Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, General) (Volume 1) - Softcover

Eden, Frederick Morton

 
9781108036870: The State of the Poor: Or, An History of the Labouring Classes in England, from the Conquest to the Present Period (Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, General) (Volume 1)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1108036872 ISBN 13: 9781108036870
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Sir Frederick Morton Eden (1766–1809) was an English writer and a pioneer social researcher. Eden studied at Christ Church, Oxford, and subsequently worked in banking and insurance, inheriting a baronetcy from his father, who had been the governor of the American province of Maryland, in 1784. Arguing that poverty could not be tackled without knowing what it actually meant to be poor, this innovative three-volume work is an attempt to define what poverty meant in concrete terms. It is packed with data from across England, divided by county, and covering factors such as food prices, wages, diet and mortality rates. In Volume 1, Eden looks at the history of poverty, the lifestyles of the poor and the various measures introduced to tackle the problem at different periods. It also describes the methods used to collect the data that appear throughout the three volumes.

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Book Description

Published in 1797, this three-volume work looks at the history of poverty in England, the lifestyles of the poor and the various measures introduced to tackle the problem. It features a set of detailed reports on living conditions of the poor in the various English counties.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1108036872
ISBN 13 
9781108036870
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
678