The poorhouse America's forgotten institution
Poorhouse, almshouse, poor farm: buried American history -- Scenes from the poorhouse -- What the forefathers had in mind : the purpose and contradictions of the poorhouse -- Undermining the poorhouse : long and short-term inmates in the late nineteenth century -- Inmates, overseers, and the politic...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Lanham, Md. u.a.
Rowman & Littlefield
2005
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| Online Zugang: | Table of contents Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Poorhouse, almshouse, poor farm: buried American history -- Scenes from the poorhouse -- What the forefathers had in mind : the purpose and contradictions of the poorhouse -- Undermining the poorhouse : long and short-term inmates in the late nineteenth century -- Inmates, overseers, and the politics of the poorhouse -- The long end : inmates in the twentieth century poorhouse -- Matrons, doctors, staff and the end of the poorhouse -- The ironies of history : the return of the poorhouse. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XI, 179 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0742529444 0-7425-2944-4 0742529452 0-7425-2945-2 |