In the Shadow Of the Poorhouse: A Social History Of Welfare In America, Tenth Anniversary Edition
With welfare reform a burning political issue, this special anniversary edition of the classic history of welfare in America has been revised and updated to include the latest bipartisan debates on how to “end welfare as we know it.”In the Shadow of the Poorhouse examines the origins of social welfare, both public and private, from the days of the colonial poorhouse through the current tragedy of the homeless. The book explains why such a highly criticized system persists. Katz explores the relationship between welfare and municipal reform; the role of welfare capitalism, eugenics, and social insurance in the reorganization of the labor market; the critical connection between poverty and politics in the rise of the New Deal welfare state; and how the War on Poverty of the '60s became the war on welfare of the '80s.
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In the Shadow Of the Poorhouse: A Social History Of Welfare In America, Tenth Anniversary Edition
With welfare reform a burning political issue, this special anniversary edition of the classic history of welfare in America has been revised and updated to include the latest bipartisan debates on how to “end welfare as we know it.”In the Shadow of the Poorhouse examines the origins of social welfare, both public and private, from the days of the colonial poorhouse through the current tragedy of the homeless. The book explains why such a highly criticized system persists. Katz explores the relationship between welfare and municipal reform; the role of welfare capitalism, eugenics, and social insurance in the reorganization of the labor market; the critical connection between poverty and politics in the rise of the New Deal welfare state; and how the War on Poverty of the '60s became the war on welfare of the '80s.
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In the Shadow Of the Poorhouse: A Social History Of Welfare In America, Tenth Anniversary Edition

In the Shadow Of the Poorhouse: A Social History Of Welfare In America, Tenth Anniversary Edition

by Michael B. Katz
In the Shadow Of the Poorhouse: A Social History Of Welfare In America, Tenth Anniversary Edition

In the Shadow Of the Poorhouse: A Social History Of Welfare In America, Tenth Anniversary Edition

by Michael B. Katz

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With welfare reform a burning political issue, this special anniversary edition of the classic history of welfare in America has been revised and updated to include the latest bipartisan debates on how to “end welfare as we know it.”In the Shadow of the Poorhouse examines the origins of social welfare, both public and private, from the days of the colonial poorhouse through the current tragedy of the homeless. The book explains why such a highly criticized system persists. Katz explores the relationship between welfare and municipal reform; the role of welfare capitalism, eugenics, and social insurance in the reorganization of the labor market; the critical connection between poverty and politics in the rise of the New Deal welfare state; and how the War on Poverty of the '60s became the war on welfare of the '80s.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780465024520
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 12/11/1996
Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format: eBook
Pages: 410
File size: 670 KB
Age Range: 13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Michael B. Katz is the Sheldon and Lucy Hackney Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of numerous books on social policy in America, including The Underserving Poor and Improving Poor People.
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