The segregated origins of social security : African Americans and the welfare state / Mary Poole.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Poole, Mary, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Economic conditions--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Government policy--History--20th century.

African Americans--Segregation--History--20th century.

Social security--United States--History--20th century.

Social security.

Welfare state--United States--History--20th century.

Welfare state.

Racism--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Racism.

Racism--Political aspects.

History.

African Americans--Segregation.

African Americans--Government policy.

African Americans--Economic conditions.

United States--Social policy.

United States.

Social policy.

United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.

Politics and government.

Depressions--1929--United States.

Depressions.

New Deal, 1933-1939.

Physical Description:

xi, 258 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2006]

Contents:

So now Mr. President, we are looking for something : African Americans, the Social Security Act, and the Great Depression

The not-so-solid South : southern Democrats in Congress

Colorblind public policy : the staff of the Committee on Economic Security

Shaky ground : Black and interracial organizations

Gender and the white united front : the women of the federal Children's Bureau

Conclusion : those old discriminatory practices.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-249) and index.

ISBN:

0807830240

0807856886

OCLC:

62533804

Publisher Number:

9780807830246

9780807856888

Online:

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