The Fundamental Institution Damon Coletta Shulman explores not only the

Shulman explores not only the experience but also the science and psychology of loss

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The Fundamental Institution Damon Coletta Shulman explores not only theBy the early 1900s, the poor farm had become a ubiquitous part of America's social welfare system. Megan Birk's history of this foundational but forgotten institution focuses on the connection between agriculture, provisions for the disadvantaged, and the daily realities of life at poor farms. Conceived as an inexpensive way to provide care for the indigent, poor farms in fact attracted wards that ranged from abused wives and the elderly to orphans,