The Logic of Charity: Amsterdam, 1800-1850

by Marco H.D. Van Leeuwen

This study analyses poor relief in preindustrial Europe from 1800 to 1850, as a survival strategy of the poor and as a control strategy of the elites. It deals with poverty and the problems of the poor, but also with wealth and the concerns of the elites and of the middle classes. A simple model of poor relief is presented, based on insights derived from history, sociology and welfare economics. It is tested against the historical records of Amsterdam...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333696034
• ISBN13: 9780333696033
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"