David Wagner The Poorhouse: America's Forgotten Institution Live Radio Interview

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐰/ 𝐑𝐢𝐜 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆: 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂'𝒔 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏" Written by 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 📖 Many of us grew up hearing our parents exclaim 'you are driving me to the poorhouse!' or remember the card in the 'Monopoly' game which says 'Go to the Poorhouse! Lose a Turn!' Yet most Americans know little or nothing of this institution that existed under a variety of names for approximately three hundred years of American history. Surprisingly these institutions variously named poorhouses, poor farms, sometimes almshouses or workhouses, have received rather scant academic treatment, as well, though tens of millions of poor people were confined there, while often their neighbors talked in hushed tones and in fear of their own fate at the 'specter of the poorhouse.' Based on the author's study of six New England poorhouses/poor farms, a hidden story in America's history is presented which will be of popular interest as well as useful as a text in social welfare and social history. While the poorhouse's mission was character reform and 'repressing pauperism,' these goals were gradually undermined by poor people themselves, who often learned to use the poorhouse for their own benefit, as well as by staff and officials of the houses, who had agendas sometimes at odds with the purposes for which the poorhouse was invented. ****************************************** To view more publishing services visit 📲gothambooksinc.com📲 ****************************************** #gothambooks #booklover #bookrelease #bookreleases #booktube #booktuber