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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... reported , " All classes of citizens , led by sailors surged through the streets displaying placards demanding bread or work . " In the stately council chamber with its wood and stone carvings , Mayor Willett awaited the seamen . He sat ...
... reported , " All classes of citizens , led by sailors surged through the streets displaying placards demanding bread or work . " In the stately council chamber with its wood and stone carvings , Mayor Willett awaited the seamen . He sat ...
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... reported to their unpaid jobs . By early February , nearly 5,500 unemployed were calling for rations at the Alms House . A month later , over 6,000 were standing in line on the cold mornings when food was distrib- uted . One - sixteenth ...
... reported to their unpaid jobs . By early February , nearly 5,500 unemployed were calling for rations at the Alms House . A month later , over 6,000 were standing in line on the cold mornings when food was distrib- uted . One - sixteenth ...
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... reported to be in distress and administering such supplies as their respective cases may require . " Mr. McPherson seems to have been the first home relief investigator employed by a governmental agency in the United States . On April 4 ...
... reported to be in distress and administering such supplies as their respective cases may require . " Mr. McPherson seems to have been the first home relief investigator employed by a governmental agency in the United States . On April 4 ...
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... reported drowned in Salem — apparent suicides because of unemployment . - In Portland an anti - embargo demonstration was organized . " A long - boat of a ship was loaded onto a car stern foremost and rigged like a ship but made to ...
... reported drowned in Salem — apparent suicides because of unemployment . - In Portland an anti - embargo demonstration was organized . " A long - boat of a ship was loaded onto a car stern foremost and rigged like a ship but made to ...
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... reported : " A large number of seamen paraded with the flag of the United States to the City Hall , in order to claim the protection of the Corporation , in consequence of being destitute of support . A Committee chosen out of their ...
... reported : " A large number of seamen paraded with the flag of the United States to the City Hall , in order to claim the protection of the Corporation , in consequence of being destitute of support . A Committee chosen out of their ...
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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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