How Welfare Worked in the Early United States traces the lives of five people from the Revolutionary War to 1850. The book explains welfare--or "poor relief," as early Americans called it--in its original form as well as the government's obligation to provide this aid throughout time.
How Welfare Worked in the Early United States traces the lives of five people from the Revolutionary War to 1850. The book explains welfare--or "poor relief," as early Americans called it--in its original form as well as the government's obligation to provide this aid throughout time.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Gabriel J. Loiacono is Associate Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. He has spent much of the past two decades studying the ways early Americans responded to poverty. Loiacono has published articles in The Atlantic, Rhode Island History, New England Quarterly, and Journal of Policy History.
Inhaltsangabe
* Introduction * Chapter 1: Overseer of the Poor: How William Larned Spent Public Funds on the Needy * Chapter 2: Warned Out: How Cuff Roberts was Banished by Poor Law Officials * Chapter 3: Healthcare for the Poor: How "One-Eyed" Sarah Saved Paupers' Lives * Chapter 4: Hard-working Single Mother: Lydia Bates and Poor Relief in a Small Town * Chapter 5: Stuck in the Poorhouse: William Fales and the Experience of Institutionalization * Epilogue: What Can We Learn from These Five Lives? * Acknowledgements * Notes * Bibliography
* Introduction * Chapter 1: Overseer of the Poor: How William Larned Spent Public Funds on the Needy * Chapter 2: Warned Out: How Cuff Roberts was Banished by Poor Law Officials * Chapter 3: Healthcare for the Poor: How "One-Eyed" Sarah Saved Paupers' Lives * Chapter 4: Hard-working Single Mother: Lydia Bates and Poor Relief in a Small Town * Chapter 5: Stuck in the Poorhouse: William Fales and the Experience of Institutionalization * Epilogue: What Can We Learn from These Five Lives? * Acknowledgements * Notes * Bibliography
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