From slavery to poverty
SenGupta, Gunja.
From slavery to poverty the racial origins of welfare in New York, 1840-1918 / [electronic resource] : Gunja SenGupta. - New York : New York University Press, c2009. - xiv, 335 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-324) and index.
Subaltern worlds in antebellum New York -- The white republic and "workfare" : Blackwell's island -- Not white, but worthy : maternalists and the "pious poor" of the colored home -- The color of juvenile justice : the New York House of Refuge -- Celtic sisters, Saxon keepers : class, whiteness, and the women of the Hopper home -- Black voluntarism and American identities : the Howard Orphanage and Industrial School.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Public welfare--History.--New York (State)--New York
African Americans--History.--New York (State)--New York
Electronic books.
HV99.N59 / S43 2009eb
362.5/570890097471
From slavery to poverty the racial origins of welfare in New York, 1840-1918 / [electronic resource] : Gunja SenGupta. - New York : New York University Press, c2009. - xiv, 335 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-324) and index.
Subaltern worlds in antebellum New York -- The white republic and "workfare" : Blackwell's island -- Not white, but worthy : maternalists and the "pious poor" of the colored home -- The color of juvenile justice : the New York House of Refuge -- Celtic sisters, Saxon keepers : class, whiteness, and the women of the Hopper home -- Black voluntarism and American identities : the Howard Orphanage and Industrial School.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Public welfare--History.--New York (State)--New York
African Americans--History.--New York (State)--New York
Electronic books.
HV99.N59 / S43 2009eb
362.5/570890097471