Table of Contents

1. Introduction - Alannah Tomkins and Steven King
2. 'Not by bread only'? Common right, parish relief and endowed charity in a forest economy, c.1600-1800 - Steve Hindle
3. The economy of makeshifts and the poor law: a game of chance? - Margaret Hanly
4. 'Agents in their own concerns'? Charity and the economy of makeshifts in eighteenth-century Britain - Sarah Lloyd
5. Crime, criminal networks and the survival strategies of the poor in early eighteenth century London - Heather Shore
6. Pawnbroking and the survival strategies of the urban poor in 1770s York - Alannah Tomkins
7. Kinship, poor relief and the welfare process in early modern England - Sam Barrett
8. Making the most of opportunity: the economy of makeshifts in the early modern north - Steve King
9. Conclusion - Steve King and Alannah Tomkins
Index

About the Author

Steven King is Professor of History at Oxford Brookes University; Alannah Tomkins is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Keele

Reviews

'Each chapter is fluently written and deeply immersed in primary sources. The work as a whole makes an original contribution to the historiography of poverty, combining as it does a high degree of scholarship with intellectual innovation.' Anne Borsay, University of Wales, Swansea