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Hard Times in an American Workhouse, 1853-1920
Gregg Andrews
Hard Times in an American Workhouse, 1853-1920
Gregg Andrews
The first comprehensive examination of a workhouse in the United States, offering a critical history of the institution in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. Using the Old St. Louis Workhouse as a representative example, Gregg Andrews brings to life individual stories of men and women sentenced to this debtors' prison.
256 pages, 22 halftones
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
To be released | October 29, 2024 |
ISBN13 | 9780807182789 |
Publishers | Louisiana State University Press |
Pages | 256 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 22 mm · 573 g (Weight (estimated)) |