Poverty and Poor Law Reform in Britain From Chadwick to Booth, 1834-1914 Book

	An Introduction to the Series
	Note on Referencing System
	Preface
1	Introduction	1
2	Poor Law Policy in England and Wales	5
	Poverty and the Poor	5
	The Royal Commission on the Poor Laws, 1832-34	9
	The New Poor Law, Implementation	13
	Women and the Poor Law	17
	Charity and the Poor Law	19
	Classification and Treatment, 1870-1914	24
	Unemployment and the Poor Law	27
3	Inside the Workhouse	31
	Pauper Palaces	31
	The Inmate Population	34
	Workhouse Staff	35
	Workhouse Discipline	37
	Inmates and Indiscipline	40
	The Workhouse and the Working Class	43
4	The Poor Law in Scotland	47
	Scottish and English Poor Relief: Comparisons	47
	The Scottish Poor Law Amendment Act, 1845	48
	Reception of New Scottish Poor Law	50
	Relief Practices	51
	The Scottish Poorhouse	52
5	Social Inquiry and Poor Law Reform	56
	Poverty and Pauperism	56
	Traditions of Social Inquiry	57
	Charles Booth and Social Reform	60
	Mayhew and Booth Compared	62
	Poverty Redefined	65
	Pauperism in Relation to Old Age	68
	Social Inquiry and Social Action	72
	The Royal Commission on the Poor Laws, 1905-9	73
6	Problems and Prospects	80
	Historians and the Poor Law	80
	The Place of the Poor Law in Modern British History	87
	The Poor and the Poor Law	90
	Documents	93
	Glossary	119
	Guide to Main Characters	123
	Bibliography	128
	Index	137