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Crime and Poverty in 19th-Century England The Economy of Makeshifts 1st Edition

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A.W. Ager

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1st Edition

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9781441160966, 9781474255127, 9781441155085

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Bloomsbury Academic

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It has long been suggested that poverty was responsible for a criminal underclass emerging in Britain during the nineteenth century. Until quite recently, historians did little to challenge this perception. Using innovative quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques, this book looks in detail at some of the causal factors that motivated the poorer classes to commit crime, or act in ways that transgressed acceptable standards of behaviour. It demonstrates how the strategies that these individuals employed varied between urban and rural environments, and shows how the poor railed against legislative reforms that threatened the solvency of their households. In the process, this book provides the first solid appreciation of the complex relationship between crime and poverty in two distinct socio-economic regions between 1830 and 1885.

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Crime and Poverty in 19th-Century England The Economy of Makeshifts 1st Edition

SKU: 9781441112187

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Full Title

Crime and Poverty in 19th-Century England The Economy of Makeshifts 1st Edition

Author(s)

A.W. Ager

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9781441112187, 9781474255127

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

It has long been suggested that poverty was responsible for a criminal underclass emerging in Britain during the nineteenth century. Until quite recently, historians did little to challenge this perception. Using innovative quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques, this book looks in detail at some of the causal factors that motivated the poorer classes to commit crime, or act in ways that transgressed acceptable standards of behaviour. It demonstrates how the strategies that these individuals employed varied between urban and rural environments, and shows how the poor railed against legislative reforms that threatened the solvency of their households. In the process, this book provides the first solid appreciation of the complex relationship between crime and poverty in two distinct socio-economic regions between 1830 and 1885.