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Poorhouse, almshouse, poor farm
Scenes from the poorhouse
What the forefathers had in mind : the purpose and contradictions of the poorhouse
Undermining the poorhouse : long and short-term inmates in the late nineteenth century
Inmates, overseers, and the politics of the poorhouse
The long end : inmates in the twentieth century poorhouse
Matrons, doctors, staff and the end of the poorhouse
The ironies of history : the return of the poorhouse.
Scenes from the poorhouse
What the forefathers had in mind : the purpose and contradictions of the poorhouse
Undermining the poorhouse : long and short-term inmates in the late nineteenth century
Inmates, overseers, and the politics of the poorhouse
The long end : inmates in the twentieth century poorhouse
Matrons, doctors, staff and the end of the poorhouse
The ironies of history : the return of the poorhouse.