Being poor in modern Europe; historical perspectives 1800-1940.0820471852 Being poor in modern Europe; historical perspectives 1800-1940. Ed. by Andreas Gestrich et al. Peter Lang Publishing Inc 2006 540 pages $91.95 Paperback HV238 Twenty papers presented by Gestrich (modern history, U. of Trier Trier (trēr), Latin Augusta Treverorum, city (1994 pop. 99,183), Rhineland-Palatinate, SW Germany, a port on the Moselle (Ger. Mosel) River, near the Luxembourg border. , Germany), King (history, Oxford Brookes U., UK), and Raphael (modern and contemporary history, U. of Trier) originate from an international conference on the comparative experiences of poverty in 19th and 20th century Germany, England, Ireland, and Scotland. Some focus on the experiences of the poor themselves, and include a case study of poverty in Lancashire, examination of rhetoric in English pauper An impoverished person who is supported at public expense; an indigent litigant who is permitted to sue or defend without paying costs; an impoverished criminal defendant who has a right to receive legal services without charge. PAUPER. letters, discussion of survival strategies of Irish paupers in Glasgow, and analysis of female petitions to the Refuge for the Destitute des·ti·tute adj. 1. Utterly lacking; devoid: Young recruits destitute of any experience. 2. Lacking resources or the means of subsistence; completely impoverished. See Synonyms at poor. in London. Others focus more on responses of the state and include discussion of workhouses in a variety of settings, the Irish Poor Laws The Irish Poor Laws describes a period of history concerning Poor relief in Ireland before, during and after the Act of Union between Britain and Ireland. Pre-Union , poor relief in Glasgow, the development of "family care" in rural Germany, reformatories State institutions for the confinement of juvenile delinquents. Any minor under a certain specified age, generally sixteen, who is guilty of having violated the law or has failed to obey the reasonable directive of his or her parent, guardian, or the court is ordinarily in Weimar Germany, and municipal youth welfare in Frankfurt am Main during the Weimar Republic Weimar Republic: see Germany. Weimar Republic Government of Germany 1919–33, so named because the assembly that adopted its constitution met at Weimar in 1919. . A final set of papers explores representations of poverty and includes examinations of the symbolism of the clothing of the poor, images of the poor in Punch magazine, an 1890 illustrated newspaper series on "The Homes of the Glasgow Poor," perceptions of rural poverty in photography from inter-war Germany, and poverty and crime in silent fiction films. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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