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Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution refers to the deprivation of basic human needs, which commonly includes food, water, sanitation, clothing, shelter, health care and education. Relative poverty is defined contextually as economic inequality in the location or society in which people live.
Works
[edit]- Letters to Lord John Russell on the Further Measures for the Social Amelioration of Ireland (1847) by George Poulett Scrope
- On Irish absenteeism (1850) by William Neilson Hancock
- What are the causes of the distressed state of the Highlands of Scotland? (1852) by William Neilson Hancock
- Workhouses and women's work (1858) by Louisa Twining
- Workhouse nursing (1867) by Florence Nightingale
- Local taxation and poor law administration in great cities (1869) by William Rathbone
- A Note on Pauperism (1869) by Florence Nightingale
- Pauperization: cause and cure (1871) by Baldwyn Leighton
- On Trained Nursing for the Sick Poor (1876) by Florence Nightingale
- The bitter cry of outcast London (1883) by the London Congregational Union
- The State and the Slums (1884) by Edward Stanley Robertson
- "The Border Land of Trampdom" by in Popular Science Monthly, 50 (December 1896)
- How contagion and infection are spread, through the sweating system in the tailoring trade (1877) by Peter Shorrocks
- The Slippery Slope: and other papers on social subjects (1920) by William Amias Bailward
- Why do men starve? (1870s) by Charles Bradlaugh
- Poor Law Administration, its Chief Principles and their Results in England and Ireland as Compared with Scotland (1864) by Edwin Chadwick
- Poverty: its effects on the political condition of the people (1870s) by Charles Bradlaugh
- "The Bohemian Women in New York", in Charities, vol. 13, no. 10 (December 1904)
- "Hunger is general in Austria" in The Bohemian Review, 1 (10) (1917)
- "Hunger riots of Kladno" in The Bohemian Review, 2 (7) (1918)
- "The Czech Heart" by in The Czechoslovak Review, 3 (5) (1919)
Reference works
[edit]- "Alms," in Domestic Encyclopædia, by A. F. M. Willich, London: (1802)
- "Alms-Houses," in Domestic Encyclopædia, by A. F. M. Willich, London: (1802)
- "Charity," in Domestic Encyclopædia, by A. F. M. Willich, London: (1802)
- "Industry," in Domestic Encyclopædia, by A. F. M. Willich, London: (1802)
- "Poor," in Domestic Encyclopædia, by A. F. M. Willich, London: (1802)
- "Poor-House," in Domestic Encyclopædia, by A. F. M. Willich, London: (1802)
- "Charity, Brothers of," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
- "Charity, Sisters of," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
- "Pauperism," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
- "Almshouse," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
- "Brothers and Sisters of Charity," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
- "Charitable Trusts, or Charities," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
- "Charities (institutions)," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
- "Charities and Correction," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
- "Charity Organization Society," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
- "Pauperism," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
- "Poor, The," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
- "Poor Laws," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
- "Poor Rate," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
- "Alms," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Almshouse," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Charity and Charities," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Pauperism," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Poor Law," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Alms and Almsgiving," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
- "Care of Poor by the Church," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
- "Charity and Charities," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
- "Civil Law Concerning Charitable Bequests," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
- "Congregation of the Brothers of Charity," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
- "Poor Laws," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
- "Poverty," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
- "Poverty and Pauperism," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
- "Sisters of Charity," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
- "Charity, Sisters of," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
- "Poor-Laws," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
- "Alms," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)
- "Poor Law," in Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed., 1922)
External resources
[edit]- Call number HV4023 on the Online Books Page