Project Gutenberg 2016-10-18 Public domain in the USA. 234 Senior, Nassau William 1790 1864 Senior, Nassau W. 09003972 Statement of the Provision for the Poor, and of the Condition of the Labouring Classes in a Considerable Portion of America and Europe Being the preface to the foreign communications contained in the appendix to the Poor-Law Report Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) "Statement of the Provision for the Poor, and of the Condition of the Labouring Classes" by Nassau W. Senior is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This work serves as an introduction to a larger compilation of foreign communications regarding the systems of welfare and relief for the poor across various regions in America and Europe. The book aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the laws and practices addressing poverty during that era, highlighting both successes and challenges within these systems. The opening of the text outlines the purpose behind the document, which is to inform the public and policymakers about the state of provisions for the poor across several geographic areas. It describes how commissioners under the British government sought to gather extensive information on poor laws, extending their inquiry beyond England and Wales to include insights from various nations, aided by diplomats and other authorities abroad. As they begin detailing the diverse methods of support for the impoverished, the text hints at a comparative analysis of the systems employed, illustrating the variances in approaches and outcomes regarding the welfare of working-class populations in different societal contexts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 58.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Working class Poor -- United States Poor -- Europe HV Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - European Browsing: Sociology Category: History - American Category: History - British Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Sociology 619818 2025-06-21T09:46:37.458093 text/html 613263 2024-10-23T01:16:31 text/html 247061 2025-06-21T09:46:49.039455 application/epub+zip 254609 2025-06-21T09:46:39.223009 application/epub+zip 254609 2025-06-21T09:46:38.319041 application/epub+zip 439193 2025-06-21T09:46:55.487437 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451176 2025-06-21T09:46:48.065492 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451578 2022-09-24T08:02:00.614325 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 582479 2025-06-21T09:46:35.692040 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 562226 2024-10-23T01:16:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17598 2025-06-21T09:46:55.661454 application/rdf+xml 10682 2025-06-21T09:46:38.461006 image/jpeg 2069 2025-06-21T09:46:38.389031 image/jpeg 221894 2025-06-21T09:46:37.506018 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia