Pub Date: April 7, 2011
Dewey: 362.5560973
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.90" H x 8.90" L x 6.00" W ( 1.20 lbs) 360 pages
BISAC Categories:
Social Science | Poverty and Homelessness | History | United States | 20th Century | Political Science | Public Policy | Social Services and Welfare
Description:
Focusing on the fate of the federal Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, this comprehensive history of the thirty year war over welfare shows how stubborn allegiance to the male-headed household undermined the struggle for economic justice.
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