This collection of primary sources concentrates on Rowntree’s work on poverty. In each case a ‘think’ section encourages the reader to study the source more carefully and to reflect upon it in its historical context. Thought on, and answers to, the ‘thinks’ can be found in the teacher notes.
Final sentence from 1st edition of "Poverty: A Study in Town Life" 1901 Quote from Winston Churchill Quote from S. Rowntree and May Kendall: ‘How the Labourer Lives’ (1913) Hungate - p5 ‘Poverty: A Study in Town Life’, 1901
Class A - p33-4 and p42 ‘Poverty: a Study in Town Life’, 1901
Class A continued - p47 ‘Poverty: a Study in Town Life’, 1901
Monotony - p78 ‘Poverty: A Study in Town Life’, 1901
Rowntree's definition of poverty - p86 ‘Poverty: A Study in Town Life’, 1901
Causes of primary poverty - p120 ‘Poverty: A Study of Town Life’, 1901
Inadequate wages - p134, ‘Poverty: A Study in Town Life’, 1901
Front page of a report into overcrowded housing in York dated 1935. Average heights and weights of 6 boys from York in the early 20th century Extract from an Evening Standard Report in 1936 about the diets of miners in South Wales Rules for the residents of Lady Hewley’s almshouse Details of the 1930s compulsory demolition of houses in York and rehousing of the residents School Street, Walmgate c1933