In the mid-19th Century, the United States ... they treated the impoverished. "The people of Huron County deserve credit for attending so well to their poor," the report reads.

After digging around a bit, it was discovered that the remains were from people who had lived ... understanding of the lives of the 19th and 20th century poor.

At the end of the 19th century, two men carried out research into the lives of people living in poverty in the UK and improved public understanding of links between poverty and poor health.

In a glimpse of her work to come, Bly wrote her first story about the difficulties of poor working girls ... about the everyday lives of the Mexican people. When she returned, however, the ...

In January 1885, shopkeepers in Poona and Bombay stocking European and American canned foods were suddenly and unexpectedly faced with customers returning their unopened cans or cancelling their ...

The mid-19th century was ... Wales to be extremely poor. The commissioners saw the Welsh language as a drawback and noted that the moral and material condition of the people would only improve ...