ISBN: 9780742529458

Many of us grew up hearing our parents exclaim ''you are driving me to the poorhouse!'' or remember the card in the ''Monopoly'' game which says ''Go to the Poorhouse! Lose a Turn!'' Yet … More...

Many of us grew up hearing our parents exclaim ''you are driving me to the poorhouse!'' or remember the card in the ''Monopoly'' game which says ''Go to the Poorhouse! Lose a Turn!'' Yet most Americans know little or nothing of this institution that existed under a variety of names for approximately three hundred years of American history. Surprisingly these institutions variously named poorhouses, poor farms, sometimes almshouses or workhouses, have received rather scant academic treatment, as well, though tens of millions of poor people were confined there, while often their neighbors talked in hushed tones and in fear of their own fate at the ''specter of the poorhouse.'' Based on the author''s study of six New England poorhouses/poor farms, a hidden story in America''s history is presented which will be of popular interest as well as useful as a text in social welfare and social history. While the poorhouse''s mission was character reform and ''repressing pauperism,'' these goals were gradually undermined by poor people themselves, who often learned to use the poorhouse for their own benefit, as well as by staff and officials of the houses, who had agendas sometimes at odds with the purposes for which the poorhouse was invented. | The Poorhouse by David Wagner Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Social Science > Social Work P10103, David Wagner<

ISBN: 9780742529458

Paperback, [PU: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD], Many of us grew up hearing our parents exclaim 'you are driving me to the poorhouse!' or remember the card in the Monopoly game which says 'Go to th… More...

Paperback, [PU: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD], Many of us grew up hearing our parents exclaim 'you are driving me to the poorhouse!' or remember the card in the Monopoly game which says 'Go to the Poorhouse! Lose a Turn!' Yet most Americans know little or nothing of this institution that existed under a variety of names for approximately three hundred years of American history. Exploring the history of the 'inmates' as well as staff and officials in New England, this book connects contemporary times to the 'poorhouse' history as the homeless shelter, jail, prison, and other institutions again hold millions of poor people under institutional care, sometimes in the very same structures that were poorhouses., Poverty & Unemployment<

2010, ISBN: 0742529452

[EAN: 9780742529458], Neubuch, [PU: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers], SOCIAL SCIENCE WORK PäDAGOGIK SOZIALPäDAGOGIK SOZIALE ARBEIT, Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wi… More...

[EAN: 9780742529458], Neubuch, [PU: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers], SOCIAL SCIENCE WORK PäDAGOGIK SOZIALPäDAGOGIK SOZIALE ARBEIT, Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Über den AutorrnrnDavid Wagner holds a bachelor s degree from UC Irvine in Information and Computer Science with a minor in Digital Arts. He has over a decade of professional experience creating engaging and exciting content for large audi., Books<

2010, ISBN: 9780742529458

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[ED: Kartoniert / Broschiert], [PU: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers], Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Über den AutorrnrnDavid Wagner holds a bachelor s degree from UC Irvine in Information and Computer Science with a minor in Digital Arts. He has over a dec, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, Taschenbuch, 200, [GW: 286g], New, Banküberweisung, PayPal, [CT: Englischsprachige Bücher / Sonstiges - Englisch]<