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Paperback Welfare Reform in the Early Republic: A Brief History with Documents Book

ISBN: 0312398212

ISBN13: 9780312398217

Welfare Reform in the Early Republic: A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)

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In the decades following the American Revolution, elected officials, moral crusaders, and relief administrators scrutinized the public welfare programs that assisted thousands of impoverished people.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

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read the original source documents

Yes, Rockman just presents a brief history text. But the original source documents are the main attraction. They let the modern reader grasp some of the issues of welfare, as they were then perceived, for better or worse, by various contemporary reformers. A common theme is the idea that able-bodied people be expected to perform some labour, in return for welfare charity. Conversely, it was also acknowledged that those physically unable to work should be cared for, albeit in typically a very minimal fashion. By the standards of those times and ours.
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