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Negotiating Relief : The Development of Social Welfare Programs in Depression-Era Michigan, 1930-1940 /

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Main Author: Stein-Roggenbuck, Susan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Welfare recipients.
Social service.
Public welfare.
Depressions.
HISTORY > General.
Crises economiques > 1929 > Michigan.
Service social > Michigan > Histoire.
Aide sociale > Beneficiaires > Michigan > Histoire.
Aide sociale > Michigan > Histoire.
Depressions > 1929 > Michigan.
Social service > Michigan > History.
Welfare recipients > Michigan > History.
Public welfare > Michigan > History.
Michigan.
History.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • A local problem : social welfare policy before the New Deal
  • "The people of Michigan will take care of their own" : the Great Depression and the relief problem
  • A contest for home rule : the New Deal federalizes social welfare
  • "We need help at once for these poor people" : the New Deal and Michigan families
  • "These so-called case workers" : relief workers and professionalization
  • "I can't make a go of it" : negotiating relief with the family at the center
  • "The right to rule ourselves" : a contest for local control.

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