Knowing the Poor: A Case-Study in Textual Reality Construction

Green, Bryan S.

Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul (1983), London, 1983

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orig.boards Minor rubbing. VG., dustwrapper. 22x14cm, x, 221 pp "The books takes as its case-studies three samples of a particular variety of policy document, the Royal Commission of Inquiry, and looks in detail at the 1834 Poor Law Report, & at the Majority & Minority Poor Law reports of 1909. It identifies the textual practices through which poverty was made into a "knowledge object" and shows how these practices authorized certain courses of administrative action" [ - dustwrapper] Contents: The Concept of Textual Reality Construction; How the Reports Have Been Read: A Critique of Reading Methods; Reading & Reality Effects; Reality Effects in the Poor Law Reports; The Production of Knowledge Effects in the Reports; Textual Reality Construction & Political Critique. Minor rubbing. VG., dustwrapper.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Knowing the Poor: A Case-Study in Textual Reality Construction
• Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul (1983), London
• Publication Date: 1983
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included