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Charlotte Newman,Katherine Fennelly

Poverty Archaeology: Architecture, Material Culture and the Workhouse under the New Poor Law

Poverty Archaeology: Architecture, Material Culture and the Workhouse under the New Poor Law

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The Poor Laws in the UK left a lasting legacy of welfare provision, with workhouses being the first centralized system. Archaeological research reveals the heterogeneity of the Poor Law system and its impact on the lived experience of poverty and health in the 19th century.

Format: Hardback
Length: 174 pages
Publication date: 13 October 2023
Publisher: Berghahn Books


The Poor Laws in the United Kingdom left a lasting and significant impact on society, spanning over two centuries of legislative provisions for the poor and infirm. Workhouses, as the first centralized and state-organized welfare system, have a controversial historical reputation. Initially designed as specialized institutions, workhouses were divided into subdivisions to manage different categories of inmates. This volume presents a social archaeology of the lived experience of poverty and health in the nineteenth century, highlighting the heterogeneity of the Poor Law system from a built heritage perspective.


Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781805391098

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