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) - Softcover

Eden, Frederick Morton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108036880 ISBN 13: 9781108036887

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. It begins with an explanation of the methods of data collection used, and outlines the various measures taken against poverty in different periods. Volume 2 presents the first set of reports on living conditions of the poor in the various English counties, sorted alphabetically, from Bedfordshire to Suffolk.

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108036880
• ISBN 13: 9781108036887
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 706