The boardinghouse in nineteenth-century America /
Gamber, Wendy, 1958-
The boardinghouse in nineteenth-century America / Wendy Gamber. - 1 online resource (236 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-206) and index.
Introduction : Houses and homes -- Away from home -- Keeping house -- "The most cruel and thankless way a woman can earn her living" -- Boarders' beefs -- Nests of crime and dens of vice -- "Will they board, or keep house?" -- Charity begins at home -- Epilogue : "Decay of the boarding-house".
9781421402598 (e-book)
Lodging-houses--History--United States--19th century.
Boardinghouses--History--United States--19th century.
United States--Social conditions--19th century.
Electronic books.
HD7288.U4 / G36 2007
917.3/0615
The boardinghouse in nineteenth-century America / Wendy Gamber. - 1 online resource (236 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-206) and index.
Introduction : Houses and homes -- Away from home -- Keeping house -- "The most cruel and thankless way a woman can earn her living" -- Boarders' beefs -- Nests of crime and dens of vice -- "Will they board, or keep house?" -- Charity begins at home -- Epilogue : "Decay of the boarding-house".
9781421402598 (e-book)
Lodging-houses--History--United States--19th century.
Boardinghouses--History--United States--19th century.
United States--Social conditions--19th century.
Electronic books.
HD7288.U4 / G36 2007
917.3/0615