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