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

 
9781108036894: 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
ISBN 10: 1108036899 ISBN 13: 9781108036894
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. Volume 3 presents the second set of reports on living conditions of the poor in the various English counties, sorted alphabetically from Surrey to Yorkshire, and the Welsh counties. A study of Scotland's poor is included in an appendix.

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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 
1108036899
ISBN 13 
9781108036894
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
674