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The first comprehensive examination of a workhouse in the United States, offering a critical history of the institution in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. Using the Old St. Louis Workhouse as a representative example, Gregg Andrews brings to life individual stories of men and women sentenced to this debtors' prison.

Hard Times in an American Workhouse 18531920

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      Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
      Publication Date: 10/29/2024 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780807182789, 978-0807182789
      ISBN10: 0807182788

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      Book Synopsis
      The first comprehensive examination of a workhouse in the United States, offering a critical history of the institution in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. Using the Old St. Louis Workhouse as a representative example, Gregg Andrews brings to life individual stories of men and women sentenced to this debtors' prison.

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