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

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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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ISBN-13: 9798893916041
Publisher: CITIOFBOOKS, INC.
Publication date: 06/27/2025
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 326
File size: 6 MB
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