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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Birk, Megan, 1979- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Social conditions.
Rural poor > Social conditions.
Rural poor > Government policy.
Rural conditions.
Almshouses.
Agriculture > Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Agriculture > Social aspects > United States.
Rural poor > United States > Social conditions.
Rural poor > Government policy > United States.
Almshouses > United States > History.
United States.
United States > Social conditions > 1918-1932.
United States > Social conditions > 1865-1918.
United States > Rural conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo

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