Harvest of Grief: Grasshopper Plagues and Public Assistance in Minnesota, 1873-78

ISBN-13: 9780873514798 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 147 str.

Annette Atkins

Opis

Atkins eloquently portrays the extreme hardships of Minnesota farmers during the grasshopper plagues of the 1870s. She examines local, state, and national relief efforts, which she reviews in the context of nineteenth-century social welfare philosophy.