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The sympathetic state : disaster relief and the origins of the American welfare state /

Dauber, Michele Landis,

The sympathetic state : disaster relief and the origins of the American welfare state / Michele Landis Dauber. - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013. - xvi, 353 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Disaster relief and the welfare state -- Building the sympathetic state -- Innovations -- The spreading delta -- Crafting the Depression -- The bomb-proof power -- The well-beaten path -- We lost our all -- Living in a sympathetic state.

9780226923482 (cloth : alkaline paper) 0226923487 (cloth : alkaline paper) 9780226923499 (paperback. : alkaline paper) 0226923495 (paperback : alkaline paper)

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Economic assistance, Domestic--Law and legislation--United States.
Welfare state--History.--United States
Disaster relief--Government policy--United States.

HV91 / .D348 2013

361.6/50973

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