We are all familiar with the moment when Oliver Twist dares to ask for more and his subsequent abuse at the hands of the workhouse system. Charlie Chaplin was another workhouse inmate and Florence Nightingale an outspoken critic of the system. These were institutions, we popularly believe, where families were torn asunder and the sick and needy subjected to the grimmest of regimes. What kind of society saw a solution in this uneasy mix of compassion and deterrence? And why did the workhouse strike terror into people's hearts so long into this century? This popular history conducts a full tour of the workhouse from 1696 to 1948. It draws upon The National Archives' (UK) unique and personal accounts of inmates and staff. For those interested in researching further - including their own pauper ancestors - the book contains a guide to the sources.
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Simon Fowler is editor of the genealogy magazine Ancestors and writes widely on family and social history topics. Previous books include the successful Family Skeletons with Ruth Paley, as well as The Joys of Family History and several of the National Archives' prestigious Pocket Guide history series. His articles have been published widely in popular history magazines including BBC History and History Today.
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THE word 'workhouse' has resonance: unfeeling, mean and bleak, casting a terrifying shadow over ordinary lives. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
urban workhouses, workhouse staff, rural workhouses, larger workhouses, most workhouses, poor law service, pauper nurses, many workhouses, casual wards, workhouse master, workhouse children, indoor paupers, relieving officer, aged paupers, female paupers, poor law authorities, sick paupers, local guardians, workhouse inmates Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Poor Law, The Times, Local Government Board, George Bartley, Royal Commission, Jack London, Charles Booth, George Orwell, Mary Higgs, East End, First World War, East London, George Lanshury, The Lancet, Will Crooks, Oliver Twist, Louisa Twining, Matilda Beeton, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Daniel, Henry Mayhew, Andrew Doyle, George Catch, Ministry of Health, Charles Shaw Browse Sample Pages:
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THE word 'workhouse' has resonance: unfeeling, mean and bleak, casting a terrifying shadow over ordinary lives. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
urban workhouses, workhouse staff, rural workhouses, larger workhouses, most workhouses, poor law service, pauper nurses, many workhouses, casual wards, workhouse master, workhouse children, indoor paupers, relieving officer, aged paupers, female paupers, poor law authorities, sick paupers, local guardians, workhouse inmates Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Poor Law, The Times, Local Government Board, George Bartley, Royal Commission, Jack London, Charles Booth, George Orwell, Mary Higgs, East End, First World War, East London, George Lanshury, The Lancet, Will Crooks, Oliver Twist, Louisa Twining, Matilda Beeton, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Daniel, Henry Mayhew, Andrew Doyle, George Catch, Ministry of Health, Charles Shaw Browse Sample Pages:
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