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The Fundamental Institution
- Poverty, Social Welfare, and Agriculture in American Poor Farms
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Fundamental Institution af Megan Birk, 9780252086458
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
300
ISBN-13:
9780252086458
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0252086457
Udg. Dato:
12 apr 2022
Størrelse i cm:
23,5 x 15,5 x 3,3
Oplagsdato:
12 apr 2022
Forfatter(e):

The Fundamental Institution

- Poverty, Social Welfare, and Agriculture in American Poor Farms
Engelsk
Paperback 2022
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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 poor farms. Conceived as an inexpensive way to provide care for the indigent, poor farms in fact attracted wards that ranged from abused wives and the elderly to orphans, the disabled, and disaster victims. Most people arrived unable rather than unwilling to work, some because of physical problems, others due to a lack of skills or because a changing labor market had left them behind. Birk blends the personal stories of participants with institutional histories to reveal a loose-knit system that provided a measure of care to everyone without an overarching philosophy of reform or rehabilitation. In-depth and innovative, The Fundamental Institution offers an overdue portrait of rural social welfare in the United States.
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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
300
ISBN-13:
9780252086458
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0252086457
Udg. Dato:
12 apr 2022
Størrelse i cm:
23,5 x 15,5 x 3,3
Oplagsdato:
12 apr 2022
Forfatter(e):
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