The Resource The fundamental institution : poverty, social welfare, and agriculture in American poor farms, Megan Birk
The fundamental institution : poverty, social welfare, and agriculture in American poor farms, Megan Birk
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The item The fundamental institution : poverty, social welfare, and agriculture in American poor farms, Megan Birk represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bates College.
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- Summary
- "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 poor farms. Conceived as an inexpensive way to provide care for the indigent, poor farms in fact attracted wards that ranged from abused wives and the elderly to orphans, the disabled, and disaster victims. Most people arrived unable rather than unwilling to work, some because of physical problems, others due to a lack of skills or because a changing labor market had left them behind. Birk blends the personal stories of participants with institutional histories to reveal a loose-knit system that provided a measure of care to everyone without an overarching philosophy of reform or rehabilitation. In-depth and innovative, The Fundamental Institution offers an overdue portrait of rural social welfare in the United States"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 288 pages
- Contents
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- The founding of community institutions
- Populations and conditions
- Farming for the county
- Poor farm women
- The poor farm and mental health care
- Old age and poor farm residency
- Poor farms and health care
- Crisis and transition
- Isbn
- 9780252086458
- Label
- The fundamental institution : poverty, social welfare, and agriculture in American poor farms
- Title
- The fundamental institution
- Title remainder
- poverty, social welfare, and agriculture in American poor farms
- Statement of responsibility
- Megan Birk
- Subject
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- Almshouses
- Almshouses -- United States -- History
- Almshouses -- United States -- History
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
- History
- Rural conditions
- Rural poor -- Government policy
- Rural poor -- Government policy -- United States
- Rural poor -- Government policy -- United States
- Rural poor -- Social conditions
- Rural poor -- United States -- Social conditions
- 1865-1932
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services
- Social conditions
- United States
- United States -- Rural conditions
- United States -- Rural conditions
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932
- Rural poor -- United States -- Social conditions
- Agriculture -- Social aspects
- Agriculture -- Social aspects -- United States
- Agriculture -- Social aspects -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 poor farms. Conceived as an inexpensive way to provide care for the indigent, poor farms in fact attracted wards that ranged from abused wives and the elderly to orphans, the disabled, and disaster victims. Most people arrived unable rather than unwilling to work, some because of physical problems, others due to a lack of skills or because a changing labor market had left them behind. Birk blends the personal stories of participants with institutional histories to reveal a loose-knit system that provided a measure of care to everyone without an overarching philosophy of reform or rehabilitation. In-depth and innovative, The Fundamental Institution offers an overdue portrait of rural social welfare in the United States"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1979-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Birk, Megan
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Almshouses
- Rural poor
- Rural poor
- Agriculture
- United States
- United States
- United States
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services
- Agriculture
- Almshouses
- Rural conditions
- Rural poor
- Rural poor
- Social conditions
- United States
- Label
- The fundamental institution : poverty, social welfare, and agriculture in American poor farms, Megan Birk
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The founding of community institutions -- Populations and conditions -- Farming for the county -- Poor farm women -- The poor farm and mental health care -- Old age and poor farm residency -- Poor farms and health care -- Crisis and transition
- Control code
- 1266358067
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- viii, 288 pages
- Isbn
- 9780252086458
- Lccn
- 2021046459
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1266358067
- Label
- The fundamental institution : poverty, social welfare, and agriculture in American poor farms, Megan Birk
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The founding of community institutions -- Populations and conditions -- Farming for the county -- Poor farm women -- The poor farm and mental health care -- Old age and poor farm residency -- Poor farms and health care -- Crisis and transition
- Control code
- 1266358067
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- viii, 288 pages
- Isbn
- 9780252086458
- Lccn
- 2021046459
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1266358067
Subject
- Almshouses
- Almshouses -- United States -- History
- Almshouses -- United States -- History
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
- History
- Rural conditions
- Rural poor -- Government policy
- Rural poor -- Government policy -- United States
- Rural poor -- Government policy -- United States
- Rural poor -- Social conditions
- Rural poor -- United States -- Social conditions
- 1865-1932
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services
- Social conditions
- United States
- United States -- Rural conditions
- United States -- Rural conditions
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932
- Rural poor -- United States -- Social conditions
- Agriculture -- Social aspects
- Agriculture -- Social aspects -- United States
- Agriculture -- Social aspects -- United States
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