LAWS AND ATTITUDES CONCERNING PAUPERISM IN TEXAS DURING THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES

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dc.contributor.advisorEoff, Shirley M.
dc.contributor.authorLogsdon, Joshua Heath
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDewar, David P
dc.contributor.committeeMemberCampbell, Suzanne
dc.creatorLogsdon, Joshua Heath
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-23T13:23:21Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-16T18:45:26Z
dc.date.available2014-05-23T13:23:21Z
dc.date.available2018-02-16T18:45:26Z
dc.date.created2014-05
dc.date.issued5/23/2014
dc.date.submittedMay-14
dc.date.updated2014-05-23T13:23:21Z
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the poor laws of Texas during the 19th and 20th centuries. It argues that even though laws required counties to provide enough aid to the poor to make them comfortable, commissioners provided only a limited amount of relief. This was due to a limited amount of funds and a negative public view toward paupers. This information is contextualized within the laws and attitudes present across the nation at the time. The research followed a historical approach to the materials which were found in newspapers, court records, commissioners’ court minutes, and collections within archives.
dc.embargo.lift5/1/2015
dc.embargo.terms1 year
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2346.1/30126
dc.subjecthistory
dc.subjectpauper
dc.subjectpoor law
dc.subjectTexas
dc.subjectsocial welfare
dc.subjectUnited States
dc.subjectnineteenth century
dc.subjecttwentieth century
dc.titleLAWS AND ATTITUDES CONCERNING PAUPERISM IN TEXAS DURING THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES
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