Pauperism and Poor Laws

Robert Pashley

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139095341

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Robert Pashley

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: May 2012
Print publication year:: 2011
First published in:: 1852
Online ISBN:: 9781139095341
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139095341

Subjects:: Social and Population History, British History: General Interest, British History after 1450, History
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, General

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Robert Pashley (1805–59), lawyer, economist, traveller, and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, is famous for his travel memoirs as well as his legal achievements. First published in 1852, his history of pauperism and the poor laws in England analyses the history of poverty and the various attempts at reform, including legislation in the reign of Elizabeth I, the statute of Charles II for the Removal of the Poor, and the pauper legislation of 1834. In the final chapters, Pashley asserts the necessity for a total repeal of the existing legislation, including the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, arguing that the provisions for raising and administering relief to paupers should be consolidated into one statute and suggesting a national levy on property to aid poor relief. Pashley's work was influential, although reform of the system did not begin until the creation of the Local Government Board in 1871.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

PREFACE
pp v-v

CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS
pp vi-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

CHAP. I - The Number and Cost of Paupers in England
pp 1-31

CHAP. II - The Number, Cost, and Condition of Paupers in the Metropolis
pp 32-57

CHAP. III - Pauperism of Agricultural and Manufacturing Districts
pp 58-133

CHAP. IV - Ecclesiastical Provision for the Poor till the Reformation
pp 134-160

CHAP. V - Pauper Legislation before the Reign of Elizabeth
pp 161-187

CHAP. VI - Pauper Legislation of the Reign of Elizabeth
pp 188-216

CHAP. VII - Relief of the Poor from the Reign of Elizabeth, till the Restoration of Charles II
pp 217-224

CHAP. VIII - Statute of Charles II. for the Removal of the Poor
pp 225-234

CHAP. IX - Pauperism from the Reign of Charles II., till the End of the Seventeenth Century
pp 235-242

CHAP. X - The Pauperism and Poor Laws of England during the Eighteenth Century
pp 243-256

CHAP. XI - The Pauperism and Poor Laws of England, from 1800 to 1834
pp 257-264

CHAP. XII - The Pauper Legislation of the Year 1834
pp 265-271

CHAP. XIII - The Pauperism and Poor Laws of England, since the Passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act, in 1834
pp 272-287

CHAP. XIV - Effect of the Law of Settlement on the Dwellings of Labourers in Agriculture
pp 288-302

CHAP. XV - On the Necessity of a total Kepeal of the Law of Settlement and Removal of the Poor
pp 303-315

CHAP. XVI - Remedy by abolishing Removals, and substituting Money Orders
pp 316-328

CHAP. XVII - Proposed Remedy by Union Settlement and Union Rating
pp 329-338

CHAP. XVIII - Other proposed Remedies
pp 339-355

CHAP. XIX - The Author's Proposal
pp 356-372

APPENDIX
pp 373-402

INDEX
pp 403-428

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