Poverty & Sickness in Modern Europe
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Editor: Steven King.
ISBN: 978-1-4411-1081-7
Format: PB
Extent: 224 pp.
Price: £19,99
Publication: June 2012
Publisher: Continuum
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This book provides a genuinely pan-European analysis of pauper narratives, focusing on the experiences of the sick poor in England, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales. The contributions highlight the value of pauper narratives for exploring the agency, rhetoric and experiences of the poor and sick poor, significantly enhancing our understanding of the ways in which national and regional welfare systems operated.
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Editor: Steven King.
ISBN: 978-1-4411-1081-7
Format: PB
Extent: 224 pp.
Price: £19,99
Publication: June 2012
Publisher: Continuum
|
This book provides a genuinely pan-European analysis of pauper narratives, focusing on the experiences of the sick poor in England, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales. The contributions highlight the value of pauper narratives for exploring the agency, rhetoric and experiences of the poor and sick poor, significantly enhancing our understanding of the ways in which national and regional welfare systems operated.
Posted: June 21st, 2012 under Academic Books of the Month.
Tags: Continuum, Modern Europe, Pauper Narratives, Poverty, sick poor, Sickness, Steven King
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