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The Childhood of the Poor

Welfare in Eighteenth-Century London

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Authors:
  1. Alysa Levene

    1. Department of History, Oxford Brookes University, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: The Childhood of the Poor

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    Pages 1-20

  3. Poor Children and their Families

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    Pages 21-44

  4. The Development of Parish Nursing

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    Pages 45-72

  5. The Supervision of Parish Nursing

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    Pages 73-90

  6. Parents and Parish Childcare

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    Pages 91-106

  7. Children and the Metropolitan Workhouse

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    Pages 107-129

  8. Making Shift: Outdoor Relief and Charity

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    Pages 130-152

  9. Making Shift: Community, Friends and Family

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    Pages 153-169

  10. Conclusions

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    Pages 170-183

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 184-250
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Was there a notion of childhood for the labouring classes, and was it distinctive from that of the elite? Examining pauper childhood, family life and societal reform, Levene asks whether new models of childhood in the eighteenth century affected the treatment of the young poor, and reveals how they and their families were helped through hard times.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of History, Oxford Brookes University, UK

    Alysa Levene

About the author

ALYSA LEVENE is Reader in History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has published widely on the history of child welfare, including child abandonment, mortality, illegitimacy and pauper apprenticeship. Her previous monograph, Childcare, Health and Mortality at the London Foundling Hospital, 1741-1800: 'Left to the Mercy of the World' was published in 2007.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Childhood of the Poor

  • Book Subtitle: Welfare in Eighteenth-Century London

  • Authors: Alysa Levene

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137009517

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-35480-7Published: 05 April 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-34659-2Published: 01 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-00951-7Published: 05 April 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 250

  • Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Social History, Cultural History, Modern History

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