Poverty and Policy in Tudor and Stuart England
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3258789 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald Woodward |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 270 |
| Publication date | 1989-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | Poverty and policy in Tudor and Stuart England, Paul Slack, 1988 |
| Venue | The Economic History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0117 • E-ISSN: 1468-0289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2596211 |
| OpenAlex | W1988235585 |
| Language | EN |
Paul Slack's book demonstrates the extent to which the poor in England has been formally provided for by the end of the period: the scale of the English welfare apparatus that had been firmly established by 1700 had no parallel in the rest of Europe. This book explains how this unique achievement came about
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