Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. List of tables viii
5. List of figures ix
6. Acknowledgements x
7. 1 Introduction 1
8. 2 ‘Not by bread only’? 39
9. 3 The economy of makeshifts and the poor law 76
10. 4 ‘Agents in their own concerns’? 100
11. 5 Crime, criminal networks and the survival strategies of the poor in early eighteenth-century London 137
12. 6 Pawnbroking and the survival strategies of the urban poor in 1770s York 166
13. 7 Kinship, poor relief and the welfare process in early modern England 199
14. 8 Making the most of opportunity 228
15. 9 Conclusion 258
16. Index 281