Civic charity in a golden age : orphan care in early modern Amsterdam

Civic charity in a golden age : orphan care in early modern Amsterdam / Anne E.C. McCants.

Author/creator	McCants, Anne E. C. (Anne Elizabeth Conger), 1962-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©1997.
Description	viii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Burgerweeshuis (Amsterdam, Netherlands)--History. Orphanages--Netherlands --Amsterdam --History --17th century. Orphanages--Netherlands --Amsterdam --History --18th century. Poor--Services for --Netherlands --Amsterdam --History. Charities--Netherlands --Amsterdam --History.

Contents	Charitable behavior and the rise of capitalism -- Care for the middling -- Diet, well-being, and institutional mortality -- Becoming productive -- The politics of friends and money -- Fiscally conservative and culturally lavish -- The rise and decline of an institutional endowment.
Local note	Little-307884--305131012664W
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-271) and index.
LCCN	96051239
ISBN	0252023331 (acid-free paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HV1210.A52 B86 1997	✔ Available	Place Hold