America Before WelfareNYU Press, 1996 - 558 стор. Amidst the current debates on the future of welfare, one voice has been conspicuously absent: that of the unemployed and underprivileged. The result of almost a half-century of research, America Before Welfare traces the leadership and activities of the unemployed from industrialization to the outbreak of World War II. It is at once a profound work of history and an anecdotal window onto America's past, in the days before FDR's New Deal. |
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... head . In a republican gesture , he refused to wear the powdered wigs still popular with aristocrats , and , although he was bald in front , his straight hair dangled to his shoulders . - Willett and his Common Council had looked at the ...
... head . In a republican gesture , he refused to wear the powdered wigs still popular with aristocrats , and , although he was bald in front , his straight hair dangled to his shoulders . - Willett and his Common Council had looked at the ...
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... hungry seamen en- countered boys trotting through the streets with huge baskets on their heads , singing out " Hot Muffins ! " " Tea Rusks ! " It was 3:00 in the afternoon , and the wives and daughters 8 / America before Welfare.
... hungry seamen en- countered boys trotting through the streets with huge baskets on their heads , singing out " Hot Muffins ! " " Tea Rusks ! " It was 3:00 in the afternoon , and the wives and daughters 8 / America before Welfare.
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... heads . Dozens of these ill - clad unemployed or underemployed or underpaid invaders headed straight for the hillocks of dainties . In this spontane- ous , unorganized raid was evidence that a depression was continuing and growing worse ...
... heads . Dozens of these ill - clad unemployed or underemployed or underpaid invaders headed straight for the hillocks of dainties . In this spontane- ous , unorganized raid was evidence that a depression was continuing and growing worse ...
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... staves burst apart and the flour for the most part was lost . Five hundred barrels in all rolled out and exploded or had their heads knocked in . The raiders also dragged out a thousand bushels of wheat , 38 / America before Welfare.
... staves burst apart and the flour for the most part was lost . Five hundred barrels in all rolled out and exploded or had their heads knocked in . The raiders also dragged out a thousand bushels of wheat , 38 / America before Welfare.
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Poor in Purse but Rich in Principle 18371840 | 43 |
Our Daily Bread 1854 | 58 |
PanicStricken 1857 | 83 |
Red Flag in Tompkins Square 1874 | 108 |
Illustrations after page | 229 |
The Beginning of the Great Depression 1929 | 231 |
The Great Response March 6 1930 | 245 |
Unemployed Councils 19301936 | 261 |
SelfHelp 1931 | 277 |
The First National Hunger March December 1931 | 284 |
The Ford Hunger March March 7 1932 | 301 |
The Bonus March Summer 1932 | 310 |
From Arsenic to Arson 18731874 | 126 |
Dictator for a Season 1877 | 131 |
Black Flag in America 18831885 | 140 |
Anarchists and Agitators 18831893 | 148 |
Armies Form 1894 | 155 |
Illustrations after page | 168 |
More Armies 1894 | 169 |
Coxeys Army 1894 | 180 |
Hallelujah Im a Bum 1907 | 187 |
Pie in the Sky 1914 | 199 |
Fight and Live 19211929 | 217 |
Action Everywhere 1932 | 323 |
Socialists and the Workers Alliance | 340 |
The Army of the Aged 19331942 | 355 |
Huey Longs Share Our Wealth Movement 1934 | 368 |
The Campaign for Unemployment Insurance 1931 | 388 |
Federal Workers | 408 |
Illustrations after page | 431 |
Notes | 479 |
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