The poorhouse: america's forgotten institution: america's forgotten
(2022)
By:
Wagner, David
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Gotham Books, 2022
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781956349115 MWT14876587, 1956349111 14876587
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Though poorhouses (sometimes also known as almshouses or poor farms) were around United States' history for nearly four centuries, there has been little written about them. Not only was this institution critical to the history of social welfare and the poor but also for the disabled, correctional institutions, and aged. The book not only reviews history, but it analyzes how institutional care has in recent years regained its dominance in social welfare
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