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Author:

Trollinger, Abigail, 1982- author.

Title:

Becoming entitled : relief, unemployment, and reform during the Great Depression / Abigail Trollinger.

Publisher:

Temple University Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xi, 216 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Subject:

Unemployment insurance--United States--History--20th century.
Unemployment--United States--History--History--20th century.
Unemployed--History--United States--History--20th century.
Social settlements--United States--History--20th century.
Social reformers--United States--History--20th century.
Unemployment insurance--Chicago--Chicago--History--20th century.
Unemployment--Chicago--Chicago--History--History--20th century.
Unemployed--History--Chicago--Chicago--History--20th century.
Social settlements--Chicago--Chicago--History--20th century.
Social reformers--Chicago--Chicago--History--20th century.
1900-1999

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Entitlement in Historical Context -- Revealing the 'social consequences of unemployment' -- Charity, Relief and Localism in Depression-era Chicago -- Charity and Entitlement -- Entitled to Relief -- Getting Relief from the Government -- Epilogue: Entitled to Relief?

Summary:

"Becoming Entitled examines the Depression-era political and intellectual shifts that occurred at the city and state levels and ultimately enabled the passage of unemployment insurance in the United States, and the role played by local reformers and settlement leaders in bringing about these changes"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1439919526
9781439919521
1439919534
9781439919538

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1141022125

LCCN:

2019057720

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)