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پدید آورنده
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رده
HV99.N59 S43 2009
HV99
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N59
S43
2009
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0814708862
(Number (ISBN
9780814708866
Erroneous ISBN
0814740618 (cl : alk. paper)
Erroneous ISBN
0814740863 (e-book : alk. paper)
Erroneous ISBN
9780814740613 (cl : alk. paper)
Erroneous ISBN
9780814740866 (e-book : alk. paper)
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
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b802397
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
From Slavery to Poverty :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
the Racial Origins of Welfare in New York, 1840-1918.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
NYU Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (350 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-324) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Introduction; PART I; 1 Subaltern Worlds in Antebellum New York; 2 The White Republic and "Workfare": Blackwell's Island; 3 Not White, but Worthy: Maternalists and the "Pious Poor" of the Colored Home; PART II; 4 The Color of Juvenile Justice: The New York House of Refuge; 5 Celtic Sisters, Saxon Keepers: Class, Whiteness, and the Women of the Hopper Home; PART III; 6 Black Voluntarism and American Identities: The Howard Orphanage and Industrial School; Epilogue; Appendix: Tables; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The racially charged stereotype of "welfare queen"--An allegedly promiscuous waster who uses her children as meal tickets funded by tax-payers--is a familiar icon in modern America, but as Gunja SenGupta reveals in From Slavery to Poverty, her historical roots run deep. For, SenGupta argues, the language and institutions of poor relief and reform have historically served as forums for inventing and negotiating identity. Mining a broad array of sources on nineteenth-century New York City's interlocking network of private benevolence and municipal relief, SenGupta shows that these insti.
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JSTOR
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22573/ctt8jtxrd
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Title
From Slavery to Poverty : The Racial Origins of Welfare in New York, 1840-1918.
International Standard Book Number
9780814740613
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
African Americans-- New York (State)-- New York-- History.
Public welfare-- New York (State)-- New York-- History.
African Americans.
HISTORY-- United States-- State & Local-- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Public welfare.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
New York (State), New York.
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(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
HIS036080
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
362
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509747109034
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HV99
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N59
S43
2009
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
SenGupta, Gunja
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201207152019.0
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