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The American dole : unemployment relief and the welfare state in the Great Depression
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The American dole : unemployment relief and the welfare state in the Great Depression

Author: Jeff Singleton
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.
Series: Contributions in American history, no. 189.
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A national study which deals with Depression-era relief prior to the New Deal and links conclusions to 1990s welfare reforms in the USA. The author shows how the rapid expansion of unemployment in  Read more...

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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Singleton, Jeff, 1947-
American dole.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000
(OCoLC)606490947
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jeff Singleton
ISBN: 0313314004 9780313314001
OCLC Number: 43434816
Description: viii, 243 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Unemployment Relief and the Welfare State --
The "Rising Tide of Relief" --
The Myth of Voluntarism --
The National Dole --
Work Relief --
Ending the Dole as We Knew It --
Relief Estimates and the Children's Bureau Series.
Series Title: Contributions in American history, no. 189.
Responsibility: Jeff Singleton.

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.,."offers some thoughtful suggestions for the historical study of New Deal relief and welfare."-Journal of Interdisciplinary History

 
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