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Welfare and charity in the antebellum South / Timothy James Lockley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lockley, Timothy James, 1971-
- Series:
- New perspectives on the history of the South
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Charities--Southern States--History.
- Charities.
- Social service--Southern States--History.
- Social service.
- Poor--Services for--Southern States--History.
- Poor.
- Poor--Services for.
- History.
- Southern States--Social conditions.
- Southern States.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2007]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The safety net
- Southern women assume the charitable role
- The male response
- The personal touch
- Teaching Southern poor whites
- Afterword.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-272) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813031736
- 0813031737
- OCLC:
- 154309076
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