Discussion: How Welfare Worked in the Early United States: Five Microhistories

Author: Gabriel J. Loiacono

Description: Gabriel J. Loiacono’s "How Welfare Worked in the Early United States" offers a detailed examination of early American social welfare systems. Through five essays, it challenges conventional notions of early American governance by demonstrating that welfare provision was active long before the modern welfare state. Loiacono delves into the role of local governments, charities, and religious institutions in providing aid to the poor, orphans, and the elderly.

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