The fundamental institution : poverty, social welfare, and agriculture in American poor farms /

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"By the early 1900s, the poor farm had become a ubiquitous part of America's social welfare system. Megan Birk's history of this foundational but forgotten institution focuses on the connection between agriculture, provisions for the disadvantaged, and the daily realities of life at p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Birk, Megan, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022]
Temas:
1865-1932
Almshouses > United States > History.
Rural poor > Government policy > United States.
Rural poor > United States > Social conditions.
Agriculture > Social aspects > United States.
Asiles d'indigents > États-Unis > Histoire.
Pauvres en milieu rural > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Pauvres en milieu rural > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Agriculture > Aspect social > États-Unis.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services.
HISTORY / General
Agriculture > Social aspects.
Almshouses.
Rural conditions.
Rural poor > Government policy.
Rural poor > Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Social services & welfare, criminology.
Society.
United States > Rural conditions.
United States > Social conditions > 1865-1918.
United States > Social conditions > 1918-1932.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1865-1918.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1918-1932.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The founding of community institutions
  • Populations and conditions
  • Farming for the county
  • Poor farm women
  • The poor farm and mental health care
  • Old age and poor farm residency
  • Poor farms and health care
  • Crisis and transition.

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