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Item Details
Title:
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CULTURES OF CHARITY
WOMEN, POLITICS, AND THE REFORM OF POOR RELIEF IN RENAISSANCE ITALY |
By: |
Nicholas Terpstra |
Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£45.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0674067924 |
ISBN 13: |
9780674067929 |
Publisher: |
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
19 February, 2013 |
Series: |
I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History |
Pages: |
380 |
Description: |
Renaissance debates about politics and gender led to pioneering forms of poor relief, devised to help women get a start in life. These included orphanages for illegitimate children and forced labor in workhouses, but also women's shelters and early forms of maternity benefits, unemployment insurance, food stamps, and credit union savings plans. |
Synopsis: |
Renaissance debates about politics and gender led to pioneering forms of poor relief, devised to help women get a start in life. These included orphanages for illegitimate children and forced labor in workhouses, but also women's shelters and early forms of maternity benefits, unemployment insurance, food stamps, and credit union savings plans. |
US Grade: |
College Graduate Student |
Illustrations: |
3 halftones, 13 line illustrations, 4 tables |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
Harvard University Press |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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