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BL
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636838
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| Main Entry
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Glasser, Irene
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| Title & Author
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More than bread : : ethnography of a soup kitchen /\ by Irene Glasser
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| Publication Statement
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Tuscaloosa :: University of Alabama Press,, 2010
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x, 187 p. :: ill. ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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0817356185 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9780817356187 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9780817383930 (electronic)
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: 081738393X (electronic)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-182) and index
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| Contents
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The contemporary soup kitchen -- A historical perspective -- The tabernacle soup kitchen -- Field study methods -- Profile of the guest population -- Loneliness -- An ambience of acceptance -- Social networks and social support -- Self-help in the dining room : guests as counselors -- Staff philosophy and the concept of ministry -- Concluding thoughts -- Epilogue
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| Subject
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Soup kitchens-- United States
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Poor-- United States-- Social conditions
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Poverty-- Psychological aspects
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| LC Classification
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HV696.S6G42 2010
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