Ordinary People
In and Out of Poverty in the Gilded Age
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
| Author: | David Wagner | ISBN: | 9781317254935 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | December 3, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | David Wagner |
| ISBN: | 9781317254935 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | December 3, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
