| Description |
1 online resource : 2 illustrations |
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Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Poverty and Charity in the Nineteenth- Century Metropolis: An Introduction -- 2. "Total Institutions" and the Survival Strategies of the Laboring Poor in Antwerp, 1770-1860 -- 3. The Survival of the Unfit: Welfare Policies and Family Maintenance in Nineteenth-Century London -- 4. Preserving the Future of France: Aid to the Poor and Pregnant in Nineteenth-Century Paris -- 5. Waifs and Strays: Child Abandonment, Foster Care, and Families in Mid-Nineteenth-Century New York -- 6. Hungry Children: Housewives and London Charity, 1870-1918 -- 7. To Give and to Receive: Philanthropy and Collective Responsibility Among Jews in Paris, 1880-1914 -- 8. The History of an Impudent Poor Woman in New York City from 1918 to 1923 -- Contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
Who were the poor of the world's first metropolises, and how did they survive? This collection of eight original essays proposes a revisionist perspective on poverty and its relief in the nineteenth-century city, emphasizing the position of women and children and the importance of charity and welfare in their lives |
| Notes |
In English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Dec. 09, 2016) |
| Subject |
Urban poor -- Europe -- History -- 19th century
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Poor -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century
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Charities -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Charities.
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Poor.
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Urban poor.
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Europe.
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New York (State) -- New York.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mandler, Peter
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| ISBN |
9781512804102 |
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151280410X |
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