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1048027
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b802397
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SenGupta, Gunja
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From Slavery to Poverty : : the Racial Origins of Welfare in New York, 1840-1918.
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New York :: NYU Press,, 2009.
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1 online resource (350 pages)
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0814708862
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: 9780814708866
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0814740618 (cl : alk. paper)
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0814740863 (e-book : alk. paper)
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9780814740613 (cl : alk. paper)
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9780814740866 (e-book : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-324) and index.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Introduction; PART I; 1 Subaltern Worlds in Antebellum New York; 2 The White Republic and "Workfare": Blackwell's Island; 3 Not White, but Worthy: Maternalists and the "Pious Poor" of the Colored Home; PART II; 4 The Color of Juvenile Justice: The New York House of Refuge; 5 Celtic Sisters, Saxon Keepers: Class, Whiteness, and the Women of the Hopper Home; PART III; 6 Black Voluntarism and American Identities: The Howard Orphanage and Industrial School; Epilogue; Appendix: Tables; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R.
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ST; U; V; W; Y; About the Author.
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The racially charged stereotype of "welfare queen"--An allegedly promiscuous waster who uses her children as meal tickets funded by tax-payers--is a familiar icon in modern America, but as Gunja SenGupta reveals in From Slavery to Poverty, her historical roots run deep. For, SenGupta argues, the language and institutions of poor relief and reform have historically served as forums for inventing and negotiating identity. Mining a broad array of sources on nineteenth-century New York City's interlocking network of private benevolence and municipal relief, SenGupta shows that these insti.
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African Americans-- New York (State)-- New York-- History.
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Public welfare-- New York (State)-- New York-- History.
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African Americans.
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HISTORY-- United States-- State Local-- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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Public welfare.
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New York (State), New York.
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362.509747109034
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HV99.N59 S43 2009
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