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Agrarian capitalism and poor relief in England, 1500-1860 : rethinking the origins of the welfare state Cover Image

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Agrarian capitalism and poor relief in England, 1500-1860 : rethinking the origins of the welfare state

Patriquin, Larry. (Author).

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ISBN: 0230516939 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
p. cm.
Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, c2007.

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General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: the extraordinary case of a "law to force charity" -- Capitalist and precapitalist societies -- Modes of exploitation -- Precapitalist societies -- Capitalism -- The capitalist state -- The transition from "feudalism" to capitalism -- Robert Brenner and agrarian capitalism -- The development of capitalism in England, c.1300-1860 -- Before capitalism -- The rise of agrarian capitalism, c.1450-1760 -- Industrial capitalism, c.1760-1860 -- The English state and privatized exploitation -- English poor relief, c.1350-1795 -- A critique of standard interpretations -- Poor relief in the Middle Ages -- The transition to public poor relief, c.1530-1601 -- The Reformation and poor relief -- The old poor law, 1601-1660 -- The old poor law, 1660-1795 -- Poor relief versus land and common rights -- Speenhamland, settlement and the new poor law -- Speenhamland to swing, 1795-1830s -- Speenhamland and the capitalist labour market -- Settlement laws and the capitalist labour market -- The poor law report of 1834 -- The new poor law, 1834-1860s -- The new poor law and the crisis of capitalist agriculture -- Agrarian class relations and poor relief outside England -- Poor relief in Scotland -- Crofting and the longevity of farm service in Scotland -- Poor relief in Ireland -- Ireland's "beggarly agriculture" -- The great famine and after -- Poor relief in France -- Peasant proprietorship in France -- Land and pauperismus in Germany -- From poor relief to Bismarck's reforms -- Conclusion: capitalism and the origins of the welfare state -- Toward the "welfare state" in England, 1860s-1940s -- Capitalism and the welfare state -- Poor relief and the transition to agrarian capitalism -- Past and present.