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Almshouses

By: Monique Bourque
In: Encyclopedia of Urban Studies
Edited by: Ray Hutchison
Subject:Urban Planning, Urban Sociology, Urban Studies

Boston (ca. 1685), Philadelphia, and New York (the 1730s) were the first cities in the United States to establish almshouses (also called poorhouses). Almshouses were initially supported with a combination of ...

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  Bourque, M. (2010). Almshouses. In R. Hutchison (Ed.), Encyclopedia of urban studies (pp. 19-19). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781412971973.n8
  
  Bourque, Monique. "Almshouses." In Encyclopedia of Urban Studies, edited by Ray Hutchison, 19. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2010. doi: 10.4135/9781412971973.n8.
  
  Bourque, M 2010, 'Almshouses', in Hutchison, R (ed.), Encyclopedia of urban studies, SAGE Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 19, viewed 22 September 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781412971973.n8.
  
  Bourque, Monique. "Almshouses." Encyclopedia of Urban Studies. Ed. Ray Hutchison. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2010. 19. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 22 Sep. 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781412971973.n8.
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