Author: Safley, Thomas Max
Title: Charity and Economy in the Orphanages of Early Modern Augsburg
Description: Atlantic Highlands [NJ], Humanities Press, (1997). orig.boards. 23x15cm, xiii,350 pp, Series: Studies in Central European Histories.. Textual graphs,maps,tables. A stain (2cm) to bottom cover edge. Some page-edge soil. VG. ¶ Contents: Introduction: The Orphanages of Early Modern Augsburg and the Limits of Theory; A Brief History of Poverty and Charity in Late Medieval and Early Modern Augsburg; Capitalistic Practices and Pre-Capitalistic Organizations: Land, Calculation, and Administration in the Orphanages; Subventions, Donations, and Earnings: Paying for Poor Relief; Charity and Capital in the Orphanages; Provisioning Augsburg: Buying and Selling Commodities in an Early Modern City; Charity and Consumption in the Orphanages; Labor and Industry; Welfare and Work in the Orphanages; Conclusion: Toward a New Organizational History; Appendix I: Figures of Receipts, Expenditures and Consumption; Appendix II: Documents from the Orphanages.

Keywords: German Social History, Germany, Augsburg, Charities Charity, Poor Poverty, Historical, Sociology, Orphanages, Early Modern