Pauper Capital : London and the Poor Law, 1790–1870 (Hardcover)

Contents: Preface; Introduction: the context of Poor Law reform; London and the regions under the old Poor Law; Metropolitan geographies of pauperism: the old Poor Law; Parish politics and the coming of the new system; Building the workhouse system; Negotiating poor relief: pauper encounters with the Poor Law; Paying for pauperism: urban change and fiscal stress; Reforming relief: from removals to redistribution; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.