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The Homeless Shelter and the Nineteenth Century Poorhouse: Comparing Notes from Two Eras of Indoor Relief

Dennis P. Culhane, University of Pennsylvania

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 Poorhouse

Suggested 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.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dennis_culhane/59