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The Victorian Workhouse

The Victorian Workhouse - Shire Album

Paperback (01 Jun 2005)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Whether it was 'the batille', 'the spike', 'the work'us' or simply 'the house', the Victorian workhouse was the cause of dread and shame for thousands of men, women and children. This book looks at the principles that lay beind the New Poor Law of 1834, at the design and construction of workhouses, and at the lives of those who entered them.

Book information

ISBN: 9780747803553
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Imprint: Shire Publications
Pub date:
DEWEY: 362.585094109034
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 32
Weight: 90g
Height: 201mm
Width: 109mm
Spine width: 4mm