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Harvest of Grief: Grasshopper Plagues and Public Assistance in Minnesota, 1873-78

Harvest of Grief: Grasshopper Plagues and Public Assistance in Minnesota, 1873-78

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Business General19th Century United States HistoryRegional: Midwest

ISBN10: 0873514793
ISBN13: 9780873514798
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: Nov 20 2003
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.49 Width: 6.16 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Atkins eloquently portrays the extreme hardships of Minnesota farmers during the grasshopper plagues of the 1870s. She examines local, state, and national relief efforts, which she reviews in the context of nineteenth-century social welfare philosophy.

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