The poor in England, 1700-1850 : an economy of makeshifts /

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Imprint:Manchester, U.K. ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2003.
Description:1 online resource (x, 285 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13345147
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Varying Form of Title:Economy of makeshifts
Other authors / contributors:King, Steven, 1966-
Tomkins, Alannah.
ISBN:1423706382
9781423706380
9781847790668
1847790666
9780719061592
0719061598
1847790666
1280734132
9781280734137
9781526137869
1526137860
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
This work is licensed under the following Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).
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Summary:This fascinating study investigates the experience of English poverty between 1700 and 1900 and in the ways in which the poor made ends meet. The phrase 'economy of makeshifts' has often been used to summarise the patchy, desperate and sometimes failing s.
Other form:Print version: Poor in England, 1700-1850. Manchester, U.K. ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2003
Standard no.:341398