The poor in England 1700–1850

Abstract

Not by bread only? Common right, parish relief and endowed charity in a forest economy, 1600-1800, Steve Hindle the economy of makeshifts and the poor law - a game of chance? Margaret Hanly Agents in their own concerns? Charity and the economy of makeshifts in 18th-century Britain, Sarah Lloyd crime, criminal networks and the survival strategies of the poor in early 18th-century London, Heather Shore pawnbroking and the survival strategies of the urban poor in 1770s York, Alannah Tomkins kinship, poor relief and the welfare process in early modern England, Sam Barrett making the most of opportunity - the economy of makeshifts in the early modern north, Steve King.