Negotiating Relief
Stein-Roggenbuck, Susan.
Negotiating Relief The Development of Social Welfare Programs in Depression-Era Michigan, 1930-1940 / Susan Stein-Roggenbuck. - 1 online resource (xi, 252 p.) : ill., maps ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-244) and index.
A local problem : social welfare policy before the New Deal -- "The people of Michigan will take care of their own" : the Great Depression and the relief problem -- A contest for home rule : the New Deal federalizes social welfare -- "We need help at once for these poor people" : the New Deal and Michigan families -- "These so-called case workers" : relief workers and professionalization -- "I can't make a go of it" : negotiating relief with the family at the center -- "The right to rule ourselves" : a contest for local control.
Open Access
9780814271834 0814271839
Depressions--Michigan.--1929
Social service--History.--Michigan
Welfare recipients--History.--Michigan
Public welfare--History.--Michigan
Electronic books.
HV98.M5 / S74 2008
361.609774/09033
Negotiating Relief The Development of Social Welfare Programs in Depression-Era Michigan, 1930-1940 / Susan Stein-Roggenbuck. - 1 online resource (xi, 252 p.) : ill., maps ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-244) and index.
A local problem : social welfare policy before the New Deal -- "The people of Michigan will take care of their own" : the Great Depression and the relief problem -- A contest for home rule : the New Deal federalizes social welfare -- "We need help at once for these poor people" : the New Deal and Michigan families -- "These so-called case workers" : relief workers and professionalization -- "I can't make a go of it" : negotiating relief with the family at the center -- "The right to rule ourselves" : a contest for local control.
Open Access
9780814271834 0814271839
Depressions--Michigan.--1929
Social service--History.--Michigan
Welfare recipients--History.--Michigan
Public welfare--History.--Michigan
Electronic books.
HV98.M5 / S74 2008
361.609774/09033