-
The Victorian Workhouse (Shire Library) (Paperback)
$7.54 - Save $0.39 (4%) - RRP $7.93 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Victorian WorkhouseWhether it was 'the batille', 'the spike', 'the work'us' or simply 'the house', the Victorian workhouse was the cause of dread and shame for thousands of men, women and children. This book looks at the principles that lay beind the New Poor Law of 1834, at the design and construction of workhouses, and at the lives of those who entered them.
Full description- Publisher: SHIRE PUBLICATIONS LTD
- Published: 03 January 1998
- Format: Paperback 32 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Public Buildings: Civic, Commercial, Industrial, Etc | Poverty & Unemployment | Employment & Labour Law | British & Irish History | Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900 | Social & Cultural History
- ISBN 13: 9780747803553 ISBN 10: 0747803552
- Sales rank: 123,338
Other books
Full description for The Victorian Workhouse
Whether it was 'the batille', 'the spike', 'the work'us' or simply 'the house', the Victorian workhouse was the cause of dread and shame for thousands of men, women and children. The workhouse was the last resort, and the authorities intended that it should be seen as such. This book looks at the principles that lay beind the New Poor Law of 1834, at the design and construction of workhouses, and at the lives of those who entered them, either as officers or as paupers.
