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The childhood of the poor = welfare in eighteenth-century London /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The childhood of the poor/ Alysa Levene.
Reminder of title:	welfare in eighteenth-century London /
Author:	Levene, Alysa,
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan, : 2012.,
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 250 p.) :ill. :
Subject:	Child welfare - History - 18th century. - England -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137009517
ISBN:	9781137009517 (electronic bk.)

The childhood of the poor = welfare in eighteenth-century London /
Levene, Alysa,1976-

The childhood of the poorwelfare in eighteenth-century London /[electronic resource] :Alysa Levene. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan,2012. - 1 online resource (xii, 250 p.) :ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction - the Childhood of the Poor -- Poor Children and their Families -- The Development of Parish Nursing -- The Supervision of Parish Nursing -- Parents and Parish Childcare -- Children and the Metropolitan Workhouse -- Making Shift b6 s Outdoor Relief and Charity -- Making Shift - Community, Friends and Family -- Conclusions b6 s the Childhood of the Poor -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index --.

Did new modes of thought and a new perspective on ideologies of poverty and childhood affect the treatment of the young poor? Was there a notion of childhood for the labouring classes, and was it distinctive from that of the elite? In The Childhood of the Poor, Alysa Levene utlilises a wide range of sources examining parish nursing, the workhouse, charity, self help and family support to reveal how children and their families were assisted through hard times. In doing so, she uncovers an overlapping and sometimes contradictory set of assumptions about pauper childhood, family life and the reform of society. Poor children were innocent, valued for their future labour, entitled to parental nurture and an asset to society. However, for those offering assistance 'on the ground' they were also expensive, potentially delinquent and a live expression of the Malthusian poverty trap. This book traces these changing priorities and values over the eighteenth century: a period when childhood took on its most recognisably modern attributes.

ISBN: 9781137009517 (electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 9786613844323

Source: 537741Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

860649
Child welfare
--History--England--18th century.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HV752.L7 / L48 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 362.77/5690942109033

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