A Proposal for Making an Effectual Provision for the Poor, for Amending Their Morals, and for Rendering Them Useful Members...
London: A. Millar, 1753. First edition. First edition of Fielding's proposal, in the face of the inadequacies of the Poor Laws, to establish country workhouses to shelter, educate and employ the poor. The Proposal builds on Fielding's Enquiry into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers (1751), in which..... Read More about A Proposal for Making an Effectual Provision for the Poor, for Amending Their Morals, and for...
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