This volume examines a number of themes central to 19th-century social and political history in Britain. Looking in detail at the 1834 reform of the Poor Law, t
First published in 1979, Urban Poverty in Britain 1830-1914 examines the plight of the poor in towns as a direct result of industrialization. This valuable stud
First published in 1978, this book gathers an extensive range of documents which illuminate the complex and important process by which the State in Britain has