This business of relief : confronting poverty in a Southern city, 1740-1940
Elna C. Green
| Year of publication: |
2003
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| Authors: | Green, Elna C. |
| Publisher: |
Athens, Ga. [u.a.] : University of Georgia Press |
| Subject: | Public welfare | Virginia | Richmond | History | Charities | Poverty | Richmond (Va.) | Social policy | Richmond <Va.> | Armut | Sozialpolitik | Geschichte 1740-1940 |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [digitool.hbz-nrw.de] |
| Extent: | XIII, 356 S. : Ill., graph. Darst. 24cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Type of publication (narrower categories): | Bibliographie |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Colonial origins : the Elizabethan poor laws in Virginia -- Poor relief in early Richmond : the poor- and workhouse -- Antebellum Richmond : from poorhouse to almshouse -- The Civil War : redefining the "worthy" poor -- Reconstruction : the contest over poor relief -- The new South, part I : scientific charity and Confederate commemoration -- The new South, part II : progressivism and the welfare state through the 1920s -- On the margins : the lives of the poor -- The end of the poor laws : the New Deal and social welfare. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-346) and index |
| ISBN: | 0-8203-2451-5 ; 0-8203-2552-X |
| Classification: | USA ; Sozialgeschichte |
| Source: |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004852567