Poverty, Gender And Life-cycle Under The English Poor Law, 1760-1834 Av Samantha Williams

<P>The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 is one of the most important pieces of social legislation ever enacted. Its principles and the workhouse system dominated attitudes to welfare provision for the next 80 years. This new <I>Seminar Study</I>...

Brings together a superb collection of over 650 detailed examples English furniture and needlework from 1600 to 1760

The issue of wealth and poverty and its relationship to Christian faith is as ancient as the New Testament and reaches even further back to the Hebrew Scriptures. From the beginnings of the Christian movement, the issue of how to deal with riches and...

<P>Access to justice is a fundamental right guaranteed under a wide body of international, regional and domestic law. It is also an essential component of development policies which seek to adequately respond to the multidimensional deprivations...