Title London lives : poverty, crime and the making of a modern city, 1690-1800 / Tim Hitchcock and Robert Shoemaker

Published Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2015 ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 461 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction -- Beggarman, thief: 1690-1713 -- Protest and resistance: 1713-1731 -- Vestries, justices and their opponents: 1731-1748 -- Reformers and their discontents: 1748-1763 -- Finding a voice: 1763-1776 -- The state in chaos: 1776-1789 -- Epilogue: the 1790s Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 414-443) and index Notes Description based on print version record Subject Crime -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century Poor -- England -- London -- Social conditions -- 18th century Criminals -- England -- London -- Social conditions -- 18th century Criminal justice, Administration of -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century Public welfare -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century SUBJECT London (England) -- Social conditions -- 18th century Form Electronic book Author Shoemaker, Robert Brink Cambridge University Press ISBN 9781139177979 (electronic bk.) 1139177974 (electronic bk.)

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