Unwelcome Americans: Living on the Margin in Early New England

By Ruth Wallis Herndon

Book Overview

Unwelcome Americans Living on the Margin in Early New England Ruth Wallis Herndon Ruth Wallis Herndon teaches history at the University of Toledo. Early American Studies 2001 264 pages 6 x 9 ISBN 978-0-8122-3592-0 Cloth $59.95s 39.00 ISBN 978-0-8122-1765-0 Paper $24.95s 16.50 World Rights American History, History, Sociology Short copy: "Herndon has painstakingly reconstructed the lives of these most obscure early New Englanders. . . . The resulting study at once opens an important window onto the development of poor-relief policy in America and offers a fascinating account of lives and voices often lost to us."--New England Quarterly

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812217659
• ISBN13: 9780812217650
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"