In the shadow of the poorhouse
a social history of welfare in America
10th anniversary ed., rev. and updated.
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Word Count
97,750 words, Guess
Page Count
391 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL732275M
- ISBN-100465032109
- OCLC Control Number36127250
- OCLC Control Number36004500
- OCLC Control Numberinshadowofpoorho0000katz_s1q5
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number97121953
- LibraryThing109798
- Goodreads335484
Classifications
- LCCHV91 .K349 1996
Description
Examines the origins of social welfare in the United States, from the days of the colonial poorhouse through the current tragedy of the homeless, and explains why the disliked and often criticized system still exists.
Description
"In this history, Katz explores the roots of our ambivalence toward welfare and the welfare state, revealing the patterns which have recurred from era to era and which continue to frustrate reformers to this day. From the poorhouse era to the New Deal, from the War on Poverty to the War on Welfare, Katz provides the long perspective so often missing from the debates over "ending welfare as we know it." And this tenth anniversary edition contains an expanded introduction and a new concluding chapter, bringing the story to the present and analyzing the politics that lie behind the welfare reform act of 1996."--BOOK JACKET.
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