U.S. History/Public welfare

In the Shadow of the Poorhouse: A social history of welfare in America

Katz, Michael B.

Lange, Dorothea

Basic Books

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U.S. History/Public welfare

In the Shadow of the Poorhouse: A social history of welfare in America