Unwelcome Americans : living on the margin in early New England

Unwelcome Americans : living on the margin in early New England / Ruth Wallis Herndon.

"Herndon has painstakingly reconstructed the lives of these most obscure early New Englanders ... The resulting study at once opens an important window onto the development of poor-relief policy in America and offers a fascinating account of lives and voices often lost to us."--New England...

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Main Author: Herndon, Ruth Wallis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2001.
Series:Early American studies.
Subjects:
1700-1799
Marginality, Social > New England > History > 18th century.
Poor > New England > Biography.
Poor laws > New England > History > 18th century.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Marginality, Social
Poor
Poor laws
Social conditions
Randgruppe
Soziale Situation
Armut
Gesetzgebung
Liefdadigheid.
Burgerplichten.
Armoede.
Kerkvoogdijen.
Immigranten.
New England > Social conditions > 18th century.
New England
Neuengland
Biographies
History
Biographies.
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Description
Summary:"Herndon has painstakingly reconstructed the lives of these most obscure early New Englanders ... The resulting study at once opens an important window onto the development of poor-relief policy in America and offers a fascinating account of lives and voices often lost to us."--New England Quarterly
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 243 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references ([229]-235) and index.
ISBN:9780812202236
0812202236
1283211718
9781283211710
9786613211712
6613211710
Language:In English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized

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