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Author Glasser, Irene.

Title More than bread : ethnography of a soup kitchen / by Irene Glasser.

Publication Info. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2010]
©1988

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Description 1 online resource (x, 187 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The contemporary soup kitchen -- A historical perspective -- The tabernacle soup kitchen -- Field study methods -- Profile of the guest population -- Loneliness -- An ambience of acceptance -- Social networks and social support -- Self-help in the dining room : guests as counselors -- Staff philosophy and the concept of ministry -- Concluding thoughts -- Epilogue.
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Subject Soup kitchens -- United States.
Soup kitchens.
United States.
Poor -- United States -- Social conditions.
Poor.
Social conditions.
Poverty -- Psychological aspects.
Poverty -- Psychological aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Glasser, Irene. More than bread. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2010], ©1988 (DLC) 2010000247
ISBN 9780817383930 (electronic book)
081738393X (electronic book)
0817356185 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780817356187 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780817356187