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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Birk, Megan, 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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