pauperism

  • 21Workhouse — Former workhouse in Nantwich, dating from 1780 In England and Wales a workhouse, colloquially known as a …

    Wikipedia

  • 22Charity and Charities — • In its widest and highest sense, charity includes love of God as well as love of man Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Charity and Charities     Charity and Charities …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 23English Poor Laws — Poor Law redirects here. For the Poor Law systems of Scotland and Ireland, see Scottish Poor Laws and Irish Poor Laws. Although many deterrent workhouses developed in the period after the New Poor Law, some had already been built under the… …

    Wikipedia

  • 24paupérisme — [ poperism ] n. m. • 1823; angl. pauperism (1815); du lat. pauper « pauvre » ♦ Didact. État permanent de pauvreté, d indigence dans une partie de la société. « Pratiquement, il n y a pas de misère dans ce pays là, il n y a même pas de paupérisme …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 25The Jukes family — was a New York hill family studied in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The studies are part of a series of other family studies, including the Kallikaks, the Zeros and the Nams, that were often quoted as arguments in support of eugenics,… …

    Wikipedia

  • 26Care of the Poor by the Church —     Care of the Poor by the Church     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Care of the Poor by the Church     I. OBJECTS, HISTORY, AND ORGANIZATION     A. The care of the poor is a branch of charity. In the narrow sense charity means any exercise of mercy… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 27pauperismo — (Del ingl. pauperism.) ► sustantivo masculino ECONOMÍA, SOCIOLOGÍA Situación permanente o temporal de pobreza en una parte de la sociedad de un país o región. * * * pauperismo (del ingl. «pauperism») m. Fenómeno social de existir *pobres en un… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 28Aristida dichotoma — Poverty Pov er*ty (p[o^]v [ e]r*t[y^]), n. [OE. poverte, OF. povert[ e], F. pauvret[ e], fr. L. paupertas, fr. pauper poor. See {Poor}.] 1. The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 29Danthonia spicata — Poverty Pov er*ty (p[o^]v [ e]r*t[y^]), n. [OE. poverte, OF. povert[ e], F. pauvret[ e], fr. L. paupertas, fr. pauper poor. See {Poor}.] 1. The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 30Poverty — Pov er*ty (p[o^]v [ e]r*t[y^]), n. [OE. poverte, OF. povert[ e], F. pauvret[ e], fr. L. paupertas, fr. pauper poor. See {Poor}.] 1. The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need. Swathed …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English