TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dauber,Michele Landis
TI  - The sympathetic state: disaster relief and the origins of the American welfare state 
SN  - 9780226923505
AV  - HV91 .D348 2013
U1  - 361.650973 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - The University of Chicago Press
KW  - Economic assistance, Domestic
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - United States
KW  - Welfare state
KW  - History
KW  - Disaster relief
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Society
KW  - ukslc
KW  - United States of America, USA
KW  - thema
KW  - History of the Americas
KW  - Social services & welfare, criminology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - 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
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