 | Writing the Lives of the English Poor, 1750s-1830s Subjects: Poor -- England -- Correspondence; Poor -- England -- History -- 18th century; Poor -- England -- History -- 19th century; Public welfare -- England -- History -- 18th century; Public welfare -- England -- History -- 19th century; Great Britain -- Social; Focusing on the words and experiences of the poor themselves, this book rewrites our understanding of English social policy for the period from the 1750s to 1830s. King Steven : Steven King is professor of economic and social history at Nottingham Trent University and co-author of In Their Own Write: Contesting the New Poor Law, 1834-1900.Steven King is professor of economic and social history at Nottingham Trent University and the author of Writing the Lives of the English Poor, 1750s-1830s. |
