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The analysis of petitions made for poor relief during the 19th century
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Abstract The discovery of up to 4000 petitions for financial assistance, made by impoverished inhabitants of the urban district of Kassel and directed towards the town's police headquarters (during the
period 1870-1912), has for the first time in the field of historical research on poverty enabled a systema... view more
The discovery of up to 4000 petitions for financial assistance, made by impoverished inhabitants of the urban district of Kassel and directed towards the town's police headquarters (during the
period 1870-1912), has for the first time in the field of historical research on poverty enabled a systematic quantitative analysis of a whole set of mass records accumulated by urban authorities. For the first time, this has also led to the basic possibility of identifying and describing the social situation of the real 'subjects' of national and local poor relief policies during the
course of the 19th century.... view less
Keywords
police; social security; petition; German Empire; Hesse; historical development; poverty
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Document language
English
Publication Year
1982
Page/Pages
p. 56-59
Journal
Historical Social Research, 7 (1982) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.7.1982.1.56-59
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed