Poverty, Philanthropy and Social Conditions in Victorian Britain
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Primary source materials documenting the interactions between government policy and public philanthropy in Victorian and early twentieth century society.
This multi-archive collection, comprising collections from The National Archives at Kew, the British Library and Senate House Library navigates the complex social climate of nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain between the introduction of the New Poor Law in 1834 and the eventual abolition of the workhouse system in 1930.
- The Poor Laws, Workhouses and Outdoor Relief
- Sanitation, Slums and Housing
- Charitable Institutions and Friendly Societies
- Manufacturing, Technology and Trade
- Social Reform and Welfare
- Education and Children
- Race and Immigration
- Health, Medicine and Disability
- Social Order and Discipline
- Socialism and Political Movements
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