Negotiating Relief The Development of Social Welfare Programs in Depression-Era Michigan, 1930-1940 / Susan Stein-Roggenbuck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stein-Roggenbuck, Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Depressions--1929--Michigan.

Depressions.

Social service--Michigan--History.

Social service.

Welfare recipients--Michigan--History.

Welfare recipients.

Public welfare--Michigan--History.

Public welfare.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 252 p.) : ill., maps ;

Place of Publication:

Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2008.

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.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-244) and index.

OCLC:

1200507421

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access