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The Victorian Workhouse

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The Victorian Workhouse

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
32
Release Date:
2003-01-01
Publication Date:
2005-06-01
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0747803552
ISBN13:
9780747803553
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Weight:
82 g
Height:
149 cm
Width:
211 cm
Thickness:
3 cm
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