Poverty in Rural America: The Story of Yates County Home and Farm from 1830 to 1950 describes the development of poorhouses in New York State, providing an analysis of Poverty and an impression of the societal attitudes toward those who were impoverished in the early nineteenth century.
The reader is provided with an understanding of the workings and management of the Yates County Home and Farm as well as comparing it to the general issues of Poverty and the solutions employed by.
Poverty in Rural America: The Story of Yates County Home and Farm from 1830 to 1950 describes the development of poorhouses in New York State, providing an analysis of Poverty and an impression of the societal attitudes toward those who were impoverished in the early nineteenth century