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Autore |
Poole Mary <1960-> |
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Titolo |
The segregated origins of social security [[electronic resource] ] : African Americans and the welfare state / / Mary Poole |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2006 |
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ISBN |
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979-88-908796-4-6 |
0-8078-7722-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 - Political aspects - 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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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-249) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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So now Mr. President, we are looking for something : African Americans, the Social Security Act, and the Great Depression -- The not-so-solid South : southern Democrats in Congress -- Colorblind public policy : the staff of the Committee on Economic Security -- Shaky ground : Black and interracial organizations -- Gender and the white united front : the women of the federal Children's Bureau -- Conclusion : those old discriminatory practices. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The relationship between welfare and racial inequality has long been understood as a fight between liberal and conservative forces. The author challenges this basic assumption. She demonstrates that segregation was built into the very foundation of the welfare state |
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