The Uses of Charity The Poor on Relief in the Nineteenth-Century Metropolis |
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Editor:
| Mandler, Peter |
Series title: | Anniversary Collection |
ISBN: | 978-0-8122-8214-6 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1990 |
Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $95.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.