MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008013602
003 DLC
005 20110211083605.0
008 080325r20092007enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008013602
020 $a9780230516939 (hardback)
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050 00 $aHV249.E864$bP38 2009
082 00 $a362.5/56109420903$222
100 1 $aPatriquin, Larry.
245 10 $aAgrarian capitalism and poor relief in England, 1500-1860 :$brethinking the origins of the welfare state /$cLarry Patriquin.
260 $aBasingstoke ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2009, c2007.
300 $aix, 254 p. ;$c23 cm.
500 $a"Transferred to digital printing 2009"--T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-238) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: the extraordinary case of a "law to force charity" -- Capitalist and precapitalist societies -- Modes of exploitation -- Precapitalist societies -- Capitalism -- The capitalist state -- The transition from "feudalism" to capitalism -- Robert Brenner and agrarian capitalism -- The development of capitalism in England, c.1300-1860 -- Before capitalism -- The rise of agrarian capitalism, c.1450-1760 -- Industrial capitalism, c.1760-1860 -- The English state and privatized exploitation -- English poor relief, c.1350-1795 -- A critique of standard interpretations -- Poor relief in the Middle Ages -- The transition to public poor relief, c.1530-1601 -- The Reformation and poor relief -- The old poor law, 1601-1660 -- The old poor law, 1660-1795 -- Poor relief versus land and common rights -- Speenhamland, settlement and the new poor law -- Speenhamland to swing, 1795-1830s -- Speenhamland and the capitalist labour market -- Settlement laws and the capitalist labour market -- The poor law report of 1834 -- The new poor law, 1834-1860s -- The new poor law and the crisis of capitalist agriculture -- Agrarian class relations and poor relief outside England -- Poor relief in Scotland -- Crofting and the longevity of farm service in Scotland -- Poor relief in Ireland -- Ireland's "beggarly agriculture" -- The great famine and after -- Poor relief in France -- Peasant proprietorship in France -- Land and pauperismus in Germany -- From poor relief to Bismarck's reforms -- Conclusion: capitalism and the origins of the welfare state -- Toward the "welfare state" in England, 1860s-1940s -- Capitalism and the welfare state -- Poor relief and the transition to agrarian capitalism -- Past and present.
650 0 $aPoor laws$zEngland$xHistory.
650 0 $aPublic welfare$zEngland$xHistory.
650 0 $aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects$zEngland$xHistory.
650 0 $aSocial classes$zEngland.
650 0 $aCapitalism$xSocial aspects$zEngland$xHistory.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2008013602-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2008013602-t.html