9781441184818-1441184813-Poverty and Sickness in Modern Europe: Narratives of the Sick Poor, 1780-1938

Poverty and Sickness in Modern Europe: Narratives of the Sick Poor, 1780-1938

ISBN-13: 9781441184818
ISBN-10: 1441184813
Edition: 1
Author: Steven King, Andreas Gestrich, Elizabeth Hurren
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Continuum
Format: Hardcover 288 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781441184818
ISBN-10: 1441184813
Edition: 1
Author: Steven King, Andreas Gestrich, Elizabeth Hurren
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Continuum
Format: Hardcover 288 pages

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Poverty and Sickness in Modern Europe: Narratives of the Sick Poor, 1780-1938 (ISBN-13: 9781441184818 and ISBN-10: 1441184813), written by authors Steven King, Andreas Gestrich, Elizabeth Hurren, was published by Continuum in 2012. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Poverty and Sickness in Modern Europe: Narratives of the Sick Poor, 1780-1938 (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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This book provides a genuinely pan-European analysis of pauper narratives, focusing on the experiences of the sick poor in England, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales. The contributions highlight the value of pauper narratives for exploring the agency, rhetoric and experiences of the poor and sick poor, significantly enhancing our understanding of the ways in which national and regional welfare systems operated. By foregrounding the particular experiences and strategies of the sick poor, this volume helps to establish and understand the central sentiments of the relief system and the core experiences of those under its care. What emerges is a demonstration that how a relief system treated its sick poor and how those sick poor were able to navigate the system tells us more about welfare history than analysis of any other group.
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