Fundamental Institution

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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 th...
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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 th...
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  • Formats: epub
  • ISBN: 9780252053375
  • Publication Date: 12 Apr 2022
  • Publisher: University of Illinois Press
  • Product language: English
  • Drm Setting: DRM