The Poor and the City: The English Poor Law in its Urban Context, 1834–1914. Edited by E. Rose Michael. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. Pp. xi, 175. $29.95.

1986 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 529-530
Author(s):  
Mary MacKinnon
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Poor Law ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The City

The Poor and the City: The English Poor Law in Its Urban Context, 1834-1914.

1986 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 302
Author(s):  
James H. Treble ◽  
M. E. Rose
Keyword(s):  
Urban Context ◽  
Poor Law ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The City

The Poor and the City: The English Poor Law in Its Urban Context, 1834-1914

1987 ◽  
Vol 92 (5) ◽  
pp. 1210
Author(s):  
Anthony Brundage ◽  
Michael E. Rose
Keyword(s):  
Urban Context ◽  
Poor Law ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The City

The “Unspeakable Blessing”: Street Children, Reform Rhetoric, and Misery in Early Industrial Capitalism

1983 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Bellingham
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Street Children ◽  
Industrial Capitalism ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Insurmountable Obstacle ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

… surely there would be men enough, willing and glad to contribute to the regeneration of the poor outcasts of the city. It is no longer an experiment since the Children's Aid has removed of this class, in thirteen years, eleven thousand two hundred and seventy two! Who would not rejoice to aid in such an enterprise…? Money only is wanting. Shall that be an insurmountable obstacle in the way of accomplishing such an unspeakable blessing? New York Children's Aid Society, 1866 Annual Report

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