Ordinary People: Americans Falling in and out of Poverty
David Wagner explores the lives of poor people during the three decades after the Civil War using a unique treasure of biographies of people who were (at one point in time) inmates in a large almshouse, combined with genealogical and other official records to follow their later lives. Ordinary People develops a more fluid picture of "poverty" as people's lives change over the course of time.

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Ordinary People: Americans Falling in and out of Poverty
David Wagner explores the lives of poor people during the three decades after the Civil War using a unique treasure of biographies of people who were (at one point in time) inmates in a large almshouse, combined with genealogical and other official records to follow their later lives. Ordinary People develops a more fluid picture of "poverty" as people's lives change over the course of time.

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Ordinary People: Americans Falling in and out of Poverty

Ordinary People: Americans Falling in and out of Poverty

by David Wagner
Ordinary People: Americans Falling in and out of Poverty

Ordinary People: Americans Falling in and out of Poverty

by David Wagner

Overview

David Wagner explores the lives of poor people during the three decades after the Civil War using a unique treasure of biographies of people who were (at one point in time) inmates in a large almshouse, combined with genealogical and other official records to follow their later lives. Ordinary People develops a more fluid picture of "poverty" as people's lives change over the course of time.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798893916034
Publisher: Citiofbooks, Inc.
Publication date: 06/27/2025
Pages: 330
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)
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