Unwelcome Americans: Living on the Margin in Early New England

Unwelcome Americans Living on the Margin in Early New England Ruth Wallis Herndon Ruth Wallis Herndon teaches history at the University of Toledo. Early American Studies 2001 264 pages 6 x 9 ISBN 978-0-8122-3592-0 Cloth $59.95s 39.00 ISBN 978-0-8122-1765-0 Paper $24.95s 16.50 World Rights American History, History, Sociology Short copy: "Herndon has painstakingly reconstructed the lives of these most obscure early New Englanders. . . . The resulting study at once opens an important window onto the development of poor-relief policy in America and offers a fascinating account of lives and voices often lost to us."--New England Quarterly

Author: Ruth Wallis Herndon
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 01/03/2001
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d
ISBN13: 9780812217650
ISBN10: 0812217659
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- History | United States | Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)

About the Author
Ruth Wallis Herndon teaches history at the University of Toledo.