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Michael B. Katz
Copyright © 1986
Tenth Anniversary Edition
(Revised and Updated)
Copyright © 1996
Basic Books
A Subsidiary of Perseus Books, L.L.C.
ISBN 0-465-03210-9
This book will be especially helpful to those wanting an excellent overview of the poorhouse as an institution and its place in the continuum of ways in which America has historically dealt with poverty. (Part I : The Poorhouse Era; Part II: Building the Semiwelfare State; Part III: From the War on Poverty to The War on Welfare)
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POVERTY AND POLICY IN AMERICAN HISTORY
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Michael B. Katz
Copyright © 1983 by Academic Press, Inc.
ISBN 0-12-401762-2 (paperback)
(Note: currently out of print)
This book will be of great interest to anyone who wants to understand how myths
about poverty were created, maintained and often deliberately manipulated by
those who wished to influence public policy during the 1800's. (It could also serve as a cautionary tale for those concerned with similar issues in the 20th and 21st centuries!)
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PROTECTING SOLDIERS AND MOTHERS
The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States
 067471766X:Product Link on Barnes &
Noble.com.
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Theda Skocpol
Copyright © 1992 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
First Harvard University Press paperback edition, 1995
ISBN 0-674-71766-X
This book very thoroughly examines the Civil War Pension Plan,
exploring the politics behind it as well as its expansion over several decades.
Of particular interest is the pension's role as America's first national system
of public old-age and disability benefits.
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