Agrarian Capitalism and Poor Relief in England, 1500-1860 Rethinking the Origins of the Welfare State

, by Patriquin, Larry

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ISBN: 9780230516939 | 0230516939
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Copyright: 11/15/2007

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This book examines the evolution of public assistance for the poor in England form the late medieval era to the Industrial Revolution.

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Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction: The Extraordinary Case of a 'Law to Force Charity'	p. 1
Capitalist and Precapitalist Societies	p. 8
Modes of exploitation	p. 9
Precapitalist societies	p. 13
Capitalism	p. 16
The capitalist state	p. 20
The transition from 'feudalism' to capitalism	p. 23
Robert Brenner and agrarian capitalism	p. 35
The Development of Capitalism in England, c. 1300-1860	p. 45
Before capitalism	p. 45
The rise of agrarian capitalism, c. 1450-1760	p. 49
Industrial capitalism, c. 1760-1860	p. 62
The English state and privatized exploitation	p. 70
English Poor Relief, c. 1350-1795	p. 79
A critique of standard interpretations	p. 79
Poor relief in the middle ages	p. 87
The transition to public poor relief, c. 1530-1601	p. 90
The Reformation and poor relief	p. 94
The old poor law, 1601-1660	p. 99
The old poor law, 1660-1795	p. 106
Poor relief versus land and common rights	p. 112
Speenhamland, Settlement and the New Poor Law	p. 117
Speenhamland to Swing, 1795-1830s	p. 117
Speenhamland and the capitalist labour market	p. 124
Settlement laws and the capitalist labour market	p. 127
The Poor Law Report of 1834	p. 135
The new poor law, 1834-1860s	p. 140
The new poor law and the crisis of capitalist agriculture	p. 146
Agrarian Class Relations and Poor Relief Outside England	p. 151
Poor relief in Scotland	p. 152
Crofting and the longevity of farm service in Scotland	p. 155
Poor relief in Ireland	p. 160
Ireland's 'beggarly agriculture'	p. 164
The Great Famine and after	p. 168
Poor relief in France	p. 173
Peasant proprietorship in France	p. 179
Land and Pauperismus in Germany	p. 183
From poor relief to Bismarck's reforms	p. 188
Conclusion: Capitalism and the Origins of the Welfare State	p. 192
Towards the 'welfare state' in England, 1860s-1940s	p. 192
Capitalism and the welfare state	p. 195
Poor relief and the transition to agrarian capitalism	p. 203
Past and present	p. 206
Notes	p. 211
References	p. 219
Index	p. 239
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Agrarian Capitalism and Poor Relief in England, 1500-1860 Rethinking the Origins of the Welfare State

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