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