Unwelcome Americans: Living on the Margin in Early New England

by Ruth Wallis Herndon

Book Overview

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title

In eighteenth-century America, no centralized system of welfare existed to assist people who found themselves without food, medical care, or shelter. Any poor relief available was provided through local taxes, and these funds were quickly exhausted. By the end of the century, state and national taxes levied to help pay for the Revolutionary War further strained municipal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812217659
• ISBN13: 9780812217650
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"