Self-reliance before the welfare state: Evidence from the charity organization movement in the United States

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 433-461

  Ziliak, Stephen T ^a  

^a ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; WELFARE PROVISION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142642802     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002205070400275X     Document Type: Article

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