The fundamental institution : poverty, social welfare, and agriculture in American poor farms /

"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 p...

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Author / Creator: Birk, Megan, 1979- (Author)
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022]
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