Politics and the implementation of the New Poor Law: the Nottingham workhouse controversy, 1834-43
The Nottingham workhouse case was a test of the resolve both of the Poor Law Commissioners appointed to administer the post-1834 New Poor Law, and of the strength of the Whig interest in the town’s municipal and parliamentary elections. All eyes were on the implementation of the legislation in Notti...
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Maney Publishers
2016
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37390/ |