A Network of Contacts: Metropolitan Influences in the Delivery of Poor Relief in the London Hinterland (1778–1785)

IF 0.2 3区 历史学 Q4 AREA STUDIES
Jane Saul
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Abstract

Existing studies of poor relief have focused on parishes either metropolitan or wholly rural, whereas the focus of this article is on the distinctive experience of Battersea, a village in the London hinterland. Although the village suffered from the rising cost of poor relief experienced nationwide at the end of the eighteenth century, this article argues that the response of its vestry was shaped by Battersea’s liminal location. Consideration is given to the central role that the workhouse played in the provision of poor relief, and demonstrating that the social networks of parochial leaders were key to the development of policy. Many of the vestry members had commercial and professional interests in the metropolis and elsewhere, and these, together with their patronage of London charitable institutions, helped both to shape their response to the problems of poverty that they encountered, and influenced their administration of the Battersea workhouse.
联系网络:大都市对伦敦腹地穷人救济的影响(1778-1785)
现有的贫困救济研究主要集中在大都市或全农村的教区,而本文的重点是伦敦腹地巴特西村的独特经历。尽管该村在18世纪末遭受了全国范围内救济穷人成本上升的影响,但本文认为,巴特西的地理位置决定了该村的反应。考虑到济贫院在提供穷人救济方面发挥的核心作用,并表明教区领导人的社会网络是制定政策的关键。许多衣库成员在大都会和其他地方都有商业和专业利益,这些,加上他们对伦敦慈善机构的赞助,帮助他们形成了对所遇到的贫困问题的反应,并影响了巴特西济贫院的管理。
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London Journal
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期刊介绍: The scope of The London Journal is broad, embracing all aspects of metropolitan society past and present, including comparative studies. The Journal is multi-disciplinary and is intended to interest all concerned with the understanding and enrichment of London and Londoners: historians, geographers, economists, sociologists, social workers, political scientists, planners, educationalist, archaeologists, conservationists, architects, and all those taking an interest in the fine and performing arts, the natural environment and in commentaries on metropolitan life in fiction as in fact
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