Gamber, Wendy,  1958- <br/><br/>
The boardinghouse in nineteenth-century America / 
Wendy Gamber. 
 - 1 online resource (236 pages) :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-206) and index. 
<br/><br/>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". 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421402598 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Lodging-houses--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Boardinghouses--History--United States--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Social conditions--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD7288.U4  / G36 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>917.3/0615