Community care before the rise of the welfare state: Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1730-1820
This is a study of eighteenth-century local care networks in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The letters and petitions of desperate women and men document the channels those in need travelled. Details of sufferers' lives and their interactions with town authorities and care providers illuminate com...
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University of Iowa
2013
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| Online Access: | https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6446 https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7946&context=etd |