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economy of makeshifts: a standalone construct

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Social history

the patchwork of casual work, migration, charity, borrowing and petty theft by which the early modern poor got by.

In social history, economy of makeshifts refers to the patchwork of casual work, migration, charity, borrowing and petty theft by which the early modern poor got by. This meaning comes from Hufton (1974) in The poor of eighteenth-century France, 1750-1789.[1]

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References

Hufton, O. H. (1974). The poor of eighteenth-century France, 1750-1789. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198225195

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