The Rural Poor in Eighteenth Century Wales
Author(s) David W. Howell
Language: English
Genre(s): Welsh Interest
- May 2000 · 320 pages ·216x138mm
- · Hardback - 9780708316139
About The Book
This is a study of the lower orders within Welsh rural communities and pays attention to those people who worked and lived off the land of 18th century Wales, often amidst grinding poverty and insecurity.
Endorsements
'...an invaluable work which contributes significantly to our knowledge not only of Wales but of British society as a whole in this period.' Social History Society '...a readable and engaging volume which will do much to enhance our knowledge of a little-known and often elusive segment of Welsh society.' Planet