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Welfare's Forgotten Past: A Socio-Legal History of the Poor Law

Welfare's Forgotten Past: A Socio-Legal History of the Poor Law

by Charlesworth, Lorie
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That 'poor law was law' is a fact that has slipped from the consciousness of historians of welfare in England and Wales, and in North America. Welfare's Forgotten Past remedies this situation by tracing the history of the legal right of the settled poor to relief when destitute.

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Pub dateFeb 1, 2010
ISBN-100415477387
ISBN-139780415477383
LanguageEnglish
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