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285 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)
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Format: Paperback
Language: English
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This study investigates the experience of English poverty between 1700 and 1900 and the ways in which the poor made ends meet. The phrase economy of makeshifts has often been used to summarize the patchy, desperate and sometimes failing strategies...
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285 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
This study investigates the experience of English poverty between 1700 and 1900 and the ways in which the poor made ends meet. The phrase economy of makeshifts has often been used to summarize the patchy, desperate and sometimes failing strategies...