Malthus tells us that his book was suggested by Godwin's Inquiry, but it was really prompted by the rapid growth of pauperism which Malthus saw around him, and the book proved the main influence which determined the reform of the English Poor Laws. The problem of pauperism came upon men in its most terrible form between 1795 and 1834. The following statistics will illustrate its growth.
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The subject of these lectures is the industrial and Agrarian Revolution at the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Adam Smith, Arthur Young, West Riding, Poor Law, Great Britain, West of England, Act of Elizabeth, East Riding, Gregory King, James Mill, Justices of the Peace, Joint-Stock Companies, Professor Rogers New!
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The subject of these lectures is the industrial and Agrarian Revolution at the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Adam Smith, Arthur Young, West Riding, Poor Law, Great Britain, West of England, Act of Elizabeth, East Riding, Gregory King, James Mill, Justices of the Peace, Joint-Stock Companies, Professor Rogers New!
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- The Wealth of Nations (Bantam Classics) by Adam Smith on page 32, page 33, and page 35
- Making of Britain: Middle Ages (The making of Britain) by Lesley M. Smith on page 26
- The Principles of Political Economy (Everyman's Library) by Ricardo on page 35
- Principles of Political Economy (Great Minds Series) by John Stuart Mill on page 35
- State of the Poor by Frederick Morton Eden on page 9
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- The Industrial Revolution in National Context: Europe and the USA by Mikulas Teich in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Governments, Labour, and the Law in Mid-Victorian Britain: The Trade Union Legislation of the 1870s (Oxford Historical Monographs) by Mark Curthoys on page 137, and Back Matter
- Citizenship, Community, and the Church of England: Liberal Anglicanism Theories of the State between the Wars (Oxford Historical Monographs) by Matthew Grimley on page 48, and Back Matter
- The Economic History of Britain since 1700, Vol. 1: 1700-1860 (Volume 1) by Roderick Floud in Back Matter
- Why Economies Grow: The Forces That Shape Prosperity and How We Can Get Them Working Again by Jeffrey Madrick on page 48
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