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This introduction discusses both the western cultural context of, and research issues behind, the following three articles on institutions founded to house the poor in Holland, England, and their American colonies. It also discusses the connections between this volume on colonial-era institutions for the poor and the previous volume on nineteenth century asylums and prisons.
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Spencer-Wood, S.M. Introduction and Historical Context to the Archaeology of Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Almshouses. International Journal of Historical Archaeology 5, 115–122 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011317109050
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