Patriots And Paupers: Hamburg 1712-1830 Hardcover

Mary Lindemann

Like many European cities, Hamburg experienced enormous growth in the eighteenth century, and with it a dramatic increase in the urban poor population. This book is a study of that city's response to the enormous changes in the political and social structure brought on by dramatic demographic change.

9780195061406

English

Oxford University Press Inc

01 Mar 1999

348

this is a valuable ... case-study ... Through a full and detailed examination of changing poor-relief policies in the city, based on substantial archival research and a wide range of secondary works, it illuminates very well changes in the methods, structures, objectives and assumptions of government.' Michael Hughes, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, EHR Jun '94 `This book is a useful contribution to the historiography of the general reform process ... The book is sensibly structured.' Labour History Review `this is a valuable contribution to the history of the German Burgertumand their changing attitudes to the poor.' German Historical Institute London Bulletin