Writing for redress: redrawing the epistolary relationship under the New Poor Law

Jones, P. D. and Carter, N. (2019) Writing for redress: redrawing the epistolary relationship under the New Poor Law. Continuity and Change, 34(3), pp. 375-399. (doi: 10.1017/s0268416019000341)

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Abstract

This article investigates how the new welfare bureaucracy impacted on the epistolary relationship between paupers and those who administered it locally and nationally. In particular, it traces the changes in those relationships between the earliest years of the new regime and its maturity in the 1870s. It explores the ways that paupers responded to the New Poor Law, and how they negotiated the structural and sentimental shifts that took place over that period. In particular, it looks in detail at the new uses to which the epistolary relationship was put by outdoor paupers, their advocates and workhouse inmates.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Jones, Dr Peter
Authors: Jones, P. D., and Carter, N.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Geographical and Earth Sciences
Journal Name:Continuity and Change
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
ISSN:0268-4160
ISSN (Online):1469-218X
Published Online:02 December 2019

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