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From Workhouse To Westminster

From Workhouse To Westminster

by George Haw

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Author
Haw, George
Title
From Workhouse to Westminster: The Life Story of Will Crooks, M.P.
Credits
Produced by sp1nd, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
Social reformers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Category
Text
eBook-No.
41023
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41023
Release Date
October 11, 2012
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.FROM WORKHOUSE TO WESTMINSTER The Life Story of Will Crooks, M.P. By George Haw
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.LIST OF PLATES
  5. 5.INTRODUCTION
  6. 6.CHAPTER I EARLIEST YEARS IN A ONE-ROOMED HOME
  7. 7.CHAPTER II AS A CHILD IN THE WORKHOUSE
  8. 8.CHAPTER III SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV ROUND THE HAUNTS OF HIS BOYHOOD
  10. 10.CHAPTER V IN TRAINING FOR A CRAFTSMAN
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI TRAMPING THE COUNTRY FOR WORK
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII ONE OF LONDON'S UNEMPLOYED
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII THE COLLEGE AT THE DOCK GATES
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX THE COLLEGE AT THE DOCK GATES
  15. 15.CHAPTER X A LABOUR MEMBER'S WAGES
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI ON THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII TWO OF HIS MONUMENTS
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII THE TASK OF HIS LIFE BEGINS
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV THE MAN WHO FED THE POOR
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV TURNING WORKHOUSE CHILDREN INTO USEFUL CITIZENS
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI ON THE METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS BOARD
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII A BAD BOYS' ADVOCATE
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII PROUD OF THE POOR
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX THE FIRST WORKING-MAN MAYOR IN LONDON
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX THE KING'S DINNER—AND OTHERS
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI THE MAN WHO PAID OLD AGE PENSIONS
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXII ELECTION TO PARLIAMENT
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII ADVENT OF THE POLITICAL LABOUR PARTY
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV THE LIVING WAGE FOR MEN AND WOMEN
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXV FREE TRADE IN THE NAME OF THE POOR
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI PREPARING FOR THE UNEMPLOYED ACT
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII AGITATION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII THE QUEEN INTERVENES
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX HOME LIFE AND SOME ENGAGEMENTS
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXX COLONISING ENGLAND
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI THE REVIVAL OF BUMBLEDOM
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII "THE HAPPY WARRIOR"
  39. 39.INDEX
  40. 40.Books by George Haw.

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