Thesis
Community, Self-Help and Mutual Aid: Friendly Societies and the Parish Welfare System in Rural Oxfordshire, 1834-1918
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This thesis examines welfare provision in rural Oxfordshire after the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. The county had little industrial development, remained largely agricultural in nature, and the region had been perceived as a backwater of friendly society development.
This thesis rectifies that view and places Oxfordshire as an important component of the movement with its independent nature and early rejection of affiliated order branches that emanated from urbanized and industrializ...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2012
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:6701
- Deposit date:
- 2013-02-20
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- Copyright holder:
- Shaun Morley
- Copyright date:
- 2012
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