Michael B. Katz, In the shadow of the poorhouse: a social history of welfare in America, New York, Basic Books; London, Harper &amp; Row, 1986, 8vo, pp. xiv, 338, $24.95/£22.95.

Daniel M. Fox

doi:10.1017/S0025727300047372

Michael B. Katz, In the shadow of the poorhouse: a social history of welfare in America, New York, Basic Books; London, Harper & Row, 1986, 8vo, pp. xiv, 338, $24.95/£22.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 August 2012

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Information: Medical History , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , October 1987 , pp. 483 - 484

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Michael B. Katz, In the shadow of the poorhouse: a social history of welfare in America, New York, Basic Books; London, Harper & Row, 1986, 8vo, pp. xiv, 338, $24.95/£22.95.

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