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Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

Period of Performance

1/1/1974 - 9/30/1974

Funding Totals

$10,000.00 (approved)
$10,000.00 (awarded)

Confining Beggary: the Depots de Mendicite in 18th Century France

FAIN: FB-11710-73

Thomas Adams
Ottawa University (Ottawa, KS 66067-3399)

To produce a publishable study of one area of French Social policy; the depots de mendicite were detention centers for beggars administered directly under royal (indendants) from 1764 onward. Institutional practices will be examined.