The War on Welfare: Family, Poverty, and Politics in Modern America
Marisa Chappell
352 pages | 6 x 9 | 16 illus.
Cloth 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4204-1 | $45.00 | £29.50
A volume in the Politics and Culture in Modern America series
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.
Educators: to request an exam copy for course use consideration, click here.
Marisa Chappell
352 pages | 6 x 9 | 16 illus.
Cloth 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4204-1 | $45.00 | £29.50
A volume in the Politics and Culture in Modern America series
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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