Voices from the workhouse
by Higginbotham, Peter.
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BookPublisher: History 2012ISBN: 9780752467498; 9780752477176; 9780752477169; 075247717X; 9780752477169; 0752477161; 0752467492.Classification number: 362.583 HIGSubject(s): Workhouses -- Great Britain -- History | Workhouses -- Great Britain -- History -- SourcesSubject: The real inside story of the workhouse in the words of those who experienced the institution at first hand. A wide variety of sources - letters, poems, graffiti, autobiography, official testimonies and oral history - is used to create a vivid portrait of what really went on behind the doors of the workhouse.
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| Book - Adult Paperback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 362.583 HIG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002810557X |
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Includes bibliographical references and index
The real inside story of the workhouse in the words of those who experienced the institution at first hand. A wide variety of sources - letters, poems, graffiti, autobiography, official testimonies and oral history - is used to create a vivid portrait of what really went on behind the doors of the workhouse.
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