Focusing on the history of poverty through the lens of objects crafted, owned, and used by the impoverished, this book demonstrates how objects, or the lack of them, allow us to understand the experience of impoverishment from new and innovative perspectives. Spanning British history from 1700 to the present, Objects of Poverty is the first volume dedicated to analysing the material culture of poverty. Whilst the study of materiality is a well-established discipline, the objects that feature in the lives of the poor is a field that has remained opaque. To address this gap, Harley and Holmes…mehr
Focusing on the history of poverty through the lens of objects crafted, owned, and used by the impoverished, this book demonstrates how objects, or the lack of them, allow us to understand the experience of impoverishment from new and innovative perspectives. Spanning British history from 1700 to the present, Objects of Poverty is the first volume dedicated to analysing the material culture of poverty. Whilst the study of materiality is a well-established discipline, the objects that feature in the lives of the poor is a field that has remained opaque. To address this gap, Harley and Holmes bring together a diverse cohort of leading and emerging scholars to examine the significance of objects to the impoverished across four centuries, and approach the history of poverty from a dynamic new perspective. Including 80 illustrations, and drawing on a variety of historical sources - including objects that survive today - this book traces the importance of materiality across all aspects of early modern and modern life, including the domestic sphere, fashion, healthcare, institutional life, and leisure. Throughout its 20 chapters, this book crafts a detailed exploration of the history of poverty in Britain, and offers an excellent introduction to the study of materiality.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Joseph Harley is a Senior Lecturer in History at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. Vicky Holmes is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Notre Dame London, The University of Notre Dame (USA) in England, UK.
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List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Joseph Harley and Vicky Holmes (Anglia Ruskin University UK and Notre Dame London The University of Notre Dame (USA) in England UK) Part I: Objects of Sustenance 1. Bread: The Matter That Mattered Most Carl Griffin (University of Sussex UK) 2. Global Goods to Pauper Provisions under the Old Poor Law: Evidence from Overseers' Vouchers 1765-1834 Peter Collinge (Keele University UK) 3. 'Full of saloop with fire under it': Teaware Saloop Stalls and Warmth on the Streets of Georgian London Freya Purcell (Victoria & Albert Museum UK) Part II: Objects of Home 4. From Cradle to Grave? The Enduring Afterlife of the Egg Box in Victorian London Vicky Holmes (Notre Dame London The University of Notre Dame (USA) in England UK) 5. From Improvised to Subsidised Safety: Fireguards Jonathan Reinarz and Shane Ewen (University of Birmingham UK and Leeds Metropolitan University UK) 6. Coal in the Bath: Poverty Modernity and the Welfare State in Postwar Britain Michael Lambert (Lancaster University UK) Part III: Crafted Objects 7. Creativity in Poverty: British Sailors' Craft in the Long Nineteenth Century Maya Wassell Smith (Royal Museums Greenwich UK) 8. Buttons for Whistles in the Late-Victorian Early Edwardian era: Unbranded Calls Emily Cockayne (University of East Anglia UK) 9. Makeshift Dolls and Working-Class Childhood c. 1880-1930 Emily Cuming (Liverpool John Moores University UK) Part IV: Objects of Childhood 10. Toys for the Poor c. 1700-1918 Ken Sneath (University of Cambridge UK) 11. 'Models of Needlework': A Needlework Sample Book from the Dublin Female Orphan House Eliza McKee (Queen's University Belfast Northern Ireland) 12. Fragmentary Findings: A Victorian School Needlework Sample Vivienne Richmond (Goldsmiths University of London UK) Part V: Living Objects 13. The Poor's Best Friend? Dog Ownership and Companionship in England c. 1780-1880 Joseph Harley (Anglia Ruskin University UK) 14. 'Up With the Hen House': Chickens Coops and Class Identity in British Municipal Cottage Estates 1920-1950 Lesley Hoskins and Rebecca Preston (Buckinghamshire New University UK and English Heritage London UK) Part VI: Monetary Objects 15. "Was much Reduced and had been under the necesity to Pawn his Cloaths": Parish Payments to Redeem Pawned Goods in London in the Long Eighteenth Century Samantha Williams (University of Cambridge UK) 16. 'No Money Value': The Salvation Army Social Work Tokens in the Late Nineteenth Century Flore Janssen (Salvation Army International Heritage Centre UK) 17. The Purses of the Poor: Money Autonomy and Everyday Life in Victorian and Edwardian England Julie-Marie Strange (University of Durham UK) Part VII: Workhouse Objects 18. Going to Bed in the Workhouse: Facilities Practices and Implications in the 1790s Alannah Tomkins (Keele University UK) 19. Scraps and Samplers: The Form and Function of Textile Artefacts in the Nineteenth Century Workhouse Karen Thompson Peter Jones and Steven King (University of Glasgow UK and Nottingham Trent University UK) 20. Investigating All They Possessed: Depredation Damage and Defiance in the Vagrant Ward 1834 to 1900 Megan Yates (University of Leicester UK) VIII. Objects of Injury and Death 21. 'Ought I Not to Have Been Grateful?': Wooden Legs as Military Charity 1800-1850s Caroline Louise Nielsen (University of Northampton UK) 22. Medical Objects: The Sick Poor and Their Relief in the Long Nineteenth-Century Steven King & Peter Jones (University of Glasgow UK and Nottingham Trent University UK) 23. Inscription Gravestones: Poverty and Commemoration in the Late Nineteenth Century Rebecca Senior (University of Nottingham UK) Bibliography
List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Joseph Harley and Vicky Holmes (Anglia Ruskin University UK and Notre Dame London The University of Notre Dame (USA) in England UK) Part I: Objects of Sustenance 1. Bread: The Matter That Mattered Most Carl Griffin (University of Sussex UK) 2. Global Goods to Pauper Provisions under the Old Poor Law: Evidence from Overseers' Vouchers 1765-1834 Peter Collinge (Keele University UK) 3. 'Full of saloop with fire under it': Teaware Saloop Stalls and Warmth on the Streets of Georgian London Freya Purcell (Victoria & Albert Museum UK) Part II: Objects of Home 4. From Cradle to Grave? The Enduring Afterlife of the Egg Box in Victorian London Vicky Holmes (Notre Dame London The University of Notre Dame (USA) in England UK) 5. From Improvised to Subsidised Safety: Fireguards Jonathan Reinarz and Shane Ewen (University of Birmingham UK and Leeds Metropolitan University UK) 6. Coal in the Bath: Poverty Modernity and the Welfare State in Postwar Britain Michael Lambert (Lancaster University UK) Part III: Crafted Objects 7. Creativity in Poverty: British Sailors' Craft in the Long Nineteenth Century Maya Wassell Smith (Royal Museums Greenwich UK) 8. Buttons for Whistles in the Late-Victorian Early Edwardian era: Unbranded Calls Emily Cockayne (University of East Anglia UK) 9. Makeshift Dolls and Working-Class Childhood c. 1880-1930 Emily Cuming (Liverpool John Moores University UK) Part IV: Objects of Childhood 10. Toys for the Poor c. 1700-1918 Ken Sneath (University of Cambridge UK) 11. 'Models of Needlework': A Needlework Sample Book from the Dublin Female Orphan House Eliza McKee (Queen's University Belfast Northern Ireland) 12. Fragmentary Findings: A Victorian School Needlework Sample Vivienne Richmond (Goldsmiths University of London UK) Part V: Living Objects 13. The Poor's Best Friend? Dog Ownership and Companionship in England c. 1780-1880 Joseph Harley (Anglia Ruskin University UK) 14. 'Up With the Hen House': Chickens Coops and Class Identity in British Municipal Cottage Estates 1920-1950 Lesley Hoskins and Rebecca Preston (Buckinghamshire New University UK and English Heritage London UK) Part VI: Monetary Objects 15. "Was much Reduced and had been under the necesity to Pawn his Cloaths": Parish Payments to Redeem Pawned Goods in London in the Long Eighteenth Century Samantha Williams (University of Cambridge UK) 16. 'No Money Value': The Salvation Army Social Work Tokens in the Late Nineteenth Century Flore Janssen (Salvation Army International Heritage Centre UK) 17. The Purses of the Poor: Money Autonomy and Everyday Life in Victorian and Edwardian England Julie-Marie Strange (University of Durham UK) Part VII: Workhouse Objects 18. Going to Bed in the Workhouse: Facilities Practices and Implications in the 1790s Alannah Tomkins (Keele University UK) 19. Scraps and Samplers: The Form and Function of Textile Artefacts in the Nineteenth Century Workhouse Karen Thompson Peter Jones and Steven King (University of Glasgow UK and Nottingham Trent University UK) 20. Investigating All They Possessed: Depredation Damage and Defiance in the Vagrant Ward 1834 to 1900 Megan Yates (University of Leicester UK) VIII. Objects of Injury and Death 21. 'Ought I Not to Have Been Grateful?': Wooden Legs as Military Charity 1800-1850s Caroline Louise Nielsen (University of Northampton UK) 22. Medical Objects: The Sick Poor and Their Relief in the Long Nineteenth-Century Steven King & Peter Jones (University of Glasgow UK and Nottingham Trent University UK) 23. Inscription Gravestones: Poverty and Commemoration in the Late Nineteenth Century Rebecca Senior (University of Nottingham UK) Bibliography
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