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The sympathetic state : disaster relief and the origins of the American welfare state /
Dauber, Michele Landis,
The sympathetic state : disaster relief and the origins of the American welfare state / Michele Landis Dauber. - xvi, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-340) and index.
Disaster relief and the welfare state -- Building the sympathetic state -- Innovations -- The spreading delta -- Crafting the Depression -- The bomb-proof power -- The well-beaten path -- We lost our all -- Living in a sympathetic state.
Even as unemployment rates soared during the Great Depression, FDR's relief and social security programmes faced attacks in Congress and the courts on the legitimacy of federal aid to the growing population of poor. In response, New Dealers pointed to a long tradition - dating back to 1790 and now largely forgotten - of federal aid to victims of disaster. In 'The Sympathetic State', Michele Landis Dauber recovers this crucial aspect of American history, tracing the roots of the modern American welfare state beyond the New Deal and the Progressive Era back to the earliest days of the republic when relief was forthcoming for the victims of wars, fires, floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes
9780226923499 0226923495
2012013092
Economic assistance, Domestic--Law and legislation--United States.
Welfare state--History.--United States
Disaster relief--Government policy--United States.
361.650973
The sympathetic state : disaster relief and the origins of the American welfare state / Michele Landis Dauber. - xvi, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-340) and index.
Disaster relief and the welfare state -- Building the sympathetic state -- Innovations -- The spreading delta -- Crafting the Depression -- The bomb-proof power -- The well-beaten path -- We lost our all -- Living in a sympathetic state.
Even as unemployment rates soared during the Great Depression, FDR's relief and social security programmes faced attacks in Congress and the courts on the legitimacy of federal aid to the growing population of poor. In response, New Dealers pointed to a long tradition - dating back to 1790 and now largely forgotten - of federal aid to victims of disaster. In 'The Sympathetic State', Michele Landis Dauber recovers this crucial aspect of American history, tracing the roots of the modern American welfare state beyond the New Deal and the Progressive Era back to the earliest days of the republic when relief was forthcoming for the victims of wars, fires, floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes
9780226923499 0226923495
2012013092
Economic assistance, Domestic--Law and legislation--United States.
Welfare state--History.--United States
Disaster relief--Government policy--United States.
361.650973