Vagrancy and the New Poor Law: The Evolution of Casual Relief in England and Wales, 1800-1919 by Brian O'Leary
Vagrancy and the New Poor Law: The Evolution of Casual Relief in England and Wales, 1800-1919
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Brian O'Leary
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Vagrancy and the New Poor Law: The Evolution of Casual Relief in England and Wales, 1800-1919

Routledge Studies in Modern British History

Brian O'Leary

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From 1837 the Poor Law Commissioners in the United Kingdom sanctioned temporary relief at workhouses for casual wayfarers, heralding a departure from historic attempts to control the wandering poor with criminal vagrancy legislation. The proposed ...

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