The segregated origins of social security : African Americans and the welfare state /

The segregated origins of social security : African Americans and the welfare state / Mary Poole.

The relationship between welfare and racial inequality has long been understood as a fight between liberal and conservative forces. In The Segregated Origins of Social Security, Mary Poole challenges that basic assumption. Meticulously reconstructing the behind-the-scenes politicking that gave birth...

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Main Author: Poole, Mary, 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2006]
Subjects:
African Americans > Economic conditions > 20th century.
African Americans > Government policy > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Segregation > History > 20th century.
Social security > United States > History > 20th century.
Race discrimination > United States > History > 20th century.
Welfare state > United States > History > 20th century.
Racism in public welfare administration > United States > History > 20th century.
Depressions > 1929 > United States.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
United States > Social policy.
United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945.

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Call Number: E185.8 .P66 2006
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