Hard Times in an American Workhouse, 1853-1920 - Gregg Andrews - Books - Louisiana State University Press - 9780807182789 - October 29, 2024
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Hard Times in an American Workhouse, 1853-1920

Gregg Andrews

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Hard Times in an American Workhouse, 1853-1920

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))

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