The Homeless Shelter and the Nineteenth Century Poorhouse: Comparing Notes from Two Eras of Indoor Relief
Abstract
"Miserable, poorly managed, underfinanced institutions, trapped by their own contradictions, poorhouses failed to meet any of the goals so confidently predicted by their sponsors." Michael Katz, In the Shadow of the PoorhouseSuggested Citation
Dennis P. Culhane. "The Homeless Shelter and the Nineteenth Century Poorhouse: Comparing Notes from Two Eras of Indoor Relief" Myths about the Powerless. Ed. B. Lykes, A. Banuazizi, R. Liem and W. Morris. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996. 50-71.
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