From slavery to poverty : the racial origins of welfare in New York, 1840-1918 / Gunja SenGupta.

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Main Author: SenGupta, Gunja
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2009], ©2009.
Subjects:
Public welfare > New York (State) > New York > History.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > History.
Physical Description:xiv, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.