Women And Poor Relief in Seventeenth-Century France: The Early History of the Daughters of Charity 0754655539, 9780754655534

Cultures of charity: women, politics, and the reform of poor relief in Renaissance Italy 9780674067097, 9780674067929

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The Uses of Charity: The Poor on Relief in the Nineteenth-Century Metropolis 0812282140, 9780812282146

Who were the poor of the world's first metropolises, and how did they survive? This collection of eight original es

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The Uses of Charity: The Poor on Relief in the Nineteenth-Century Metropolis [Reprint 2016 ed.] 9781512804102

Who were the poor of the world's first metropolises, and how did they survive? This collection of eight original es

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The Patrons and Their Poor: Jewish Community and Public Charity in Early Modern Germany 9780812297263

Debra Kaplan offers the first extensive analysis of Jewish poor relief in early modern German cities and towns, explorin

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Daughters of Promised Land - Women in American History

being an examination of the strange history of the female sex from the beginning to the present with special attention t

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Poor Relief and the Church in Scotland, 1560-1650 9781474427289

An exploration of poverty and charity in early modern Scotland This book sets out the importance of charity in Scottish

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Daughters of Israel, Daughters of the South: Southern Jewish Women and Identity in the Antebellum and Civil War South 9781618112071

Daughters of Israel, Daughters of the South examines southern Jewish womanhood during the Antebellum and Civil War eras.

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Charity: The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition 9780300183733

It has long been acknowledged that Jews and Christians distinguished themselves through charity to the poor. Though anci

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Economics of Faith: Reforming Poor Relief in Early Modern Europe 9780197537756, 9780197537732, 0197537758

"This book addresses the role of religious reformers in the development of poor relief in the sixteenth century. Du

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Daughters of Aquarius: Women of the Sixties Counterculture [Illustrated] 9780700616336

Focusing on women of the counterculture, this book describes how gender was perceived within the movement, with women ta

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