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The Fundamental Institution - Poverty, Social Welfare, and Agriculture in American Poor Farms (Paperback)
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The Fundamental Institution - Poverty, Social Welfare, and Agriculture in American Poor Farms (Paperback)
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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.
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