Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-358) and index.
Contents:
Paupers or citizens? struggles over the status and rights of welfare state claimants -- The pauper slavery of the poorhouse : the Freedmen's Bureau, 1865-1872 -- An honorable alternative to poor relief : Civil War veterans' pensions, 1862-1890 -- They are just reliefers and have no rights : the Works Progress Administration, 1935-1942 -- A different class from the ordinary relief case : old-age insurance, 1935-1949 -- Work with no rights and no pay equals slavery : workfare in New York City, 1993-2001 -- Respectable aid for the working poor : the earned income tax credit, 1975-2001 -- Conclusion : Relief, rights, and race in the development of the welfare state.
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