Author: GORDON STRATHEARN & T. G. B. COCKS
Title: A People's Conscience: Six Typical Enquiries (1729-1837) by Select Committees of the House of Commons
Description: London, Constable. 1952, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Eugene Lami. red cloth lightly flecked or rubbed, vii 252pp + frontis after Lami, nineteenth century inquiry into the state of the poor and how they were affected by the current legal system, debtors prisons, the police, chimney sweeps, lunatics, child labour, transportation to the colonies ( penal), tidy copy. Very Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: British History Social History Crime Criminology Jurisprudence Social Reform State of the Poor Poor Laws Eugene Lami


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