English Poor Law Policy Classic Reprint

Author : Thomas Mackay
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ISBN 13 : 9781331301677
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book A History of the English Poor Law, Vol. 3 written by Thomas Mackay and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of the English Poor Law, Vol. 3: From 1834 to the Present Time; Being a Supplementary Volume to "a History of the English Poor Law" By Sir George Nicholls, K. C. B., Poor Law Commissioner and Secretary to the Poor Law Board When it was suggested to the author that he should write a continuation of Sir George Nicholls' work, he had already made some progress with a history of the Poor Law from the year 1834. He naturally turned to see how much of the material which he had collected was already incorporated in the earlier volumes which he was asked to continue or supplement. It seemed to him (and to this view he obtained the assent of the editor and publisher of the new edition of Sir George Nicholls' work) that in the last portion of his narrative, Sir George, for obvious reasons, wrote with considerable reserve, and that a fuller account of the passage and subsequent introduction of the Poor Law Amendment Act might, at the present day, be acceptable. With the consent, therefore, of those interested in the earlier volumes, the author has adhered to his original plan, and has aimed at producing a complete history of the subject from the year 1834. Since the year 1834, if we except, perhaps, the Union Chargeability Act of 1865, no Poor Law legislation of the first importance has been added to the statute book. The later history has been concerned rather with a controversy than with definite acts of legislation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.