Contribution to Book
The Homeless Shelter and the Nineteenth Century Poorhouse: Comparing Notes from Two Eras of Indoor Relief
Myths about the Powerless
(1996)
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
Keywords
- homelessness,
- historical analysis,
- poorhouses
Publication Date
1996
Editor
B. Lykes, A. Banuazizi, R. Liem and W. Morris
Publisher
Temple University Press
Citation Information
Dennis P Culhane. "The Homeless Shelter and the Nineteenth Century Poorhouse: Comparing Notes from Two Eras of Indoor Relief" PhiladelphiaMyths about the Powerless (1996) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dennis_culhane/59/