Fundamental Institution
Fundamental Institution
Poverty, Social Welfare, and Agriculture in American Poor Farms
Birk, Megan
University of Illinois Press
04/2022
300
Mole
Inglês
9780252086458
15 a 20 dias
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Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1 The Founding of Community Institutions 15
2 Populations and Conditions 46
3 Farming for the County 74
4 Poor Farm Women 104
5 The Poor Farm and Mental Health Care 130
6 Old Age and Poor Farm Residency 154
7 Poor Farms and Health Care 175
8 Crisis and Transition 198
Epilogue 216
Appendix 221
Notes 223
Bibliography 259
Index 283
Introduction 1
1 The Founding of Community Institutions 15
2 Populations and Conditions 46
3 Farming for the County 74
4 Poor Farm Women 104
5 The Poor Farm and Mental Health Care 130
6 Old Age and Poor Farm Residency 154
7 Poor Farms and Health Care 175
8 Crisis and Transition 198
Epilogue 216
Appendix 221
Notes 223
Bibliography 259
Index 283
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Almshouse; disability; poverty; health care; progressives; agriculture; elderly; rural; shelter; relief; Rural ideal; English Poor Law; pauper; farm; eugenics; bastardy; workhouse; direct aid; outdoor relief; indoor relief; state board of charity; boarding out; pauper leasing; Transients; seasonal laborer; drunkenness; unmarried; institutional tourism; friendly visiting; worthy poor; charity; Patriarchy; cruelty; hired hands; punishment; wages; management; Domestic abuse; unwed mothers; servants; single women; widows; abandonment; household; farm wives; Insanity; feebleminded; asylum; mental illness; suicide
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1 The Founding of Community Institutions 15
2 Populations and Conditions 46
3 Farming for the County 74
4 Poor Farm Women 104
5 The Poor Farm and Mental Health Care 130
6 Old Age and Poor Farm Residency 154
7 Poor Farms and Health Care 175
8 Crisis and Transition 198
Epilogue 216
Appendix 221
Notes 223
Bibliography 259
Index 283
Introduction 1
1 The Founding of Community Institutions 15
2 Populations and Conditions 46
3 Farming for the County 74
4 Poor Farm Women 104
5 The Poor Farm and Mental Health Care 130
6 Old Age and Poor Farm Residency 154
7 Poor Farms and Health Care 175
8 Crisis and Transition 198
Epilogue 216
Appendix 221
Notes 223
Bibliography 259
Index 283
Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.
Almshouse; disability; poverty; health care; progressives; agriculture; elderly; rural; shelter; relief; Rural ideal; English Poor Law; pauper; farm; eugenics; bastardy; workhouse; direct aid; outdoor relief; indoor relief; state board of charity; boarding out; pauper leasing; Transients; seasonal laborer; drunkenness; unmarried; institutional tourism; friendly visiting; worthy poor; charity; Patriarchy; cruelty; hired hands; punishment; wages; management; Domestic abuse; unwed mothers; servants; single women; widows; abandonment; household; farm wives; Insanity; feebleminded; asylum; mental illness; suicide