TY - BOOK AU - Stein-Roggenbuck,Susan ED - Project Muse. TI - Negotiating Relief: The Development of Social Welfare Programs in Depression-Era Michigan, 1930-1940 SN - 9780814271834 AV - HV98.M5 S74 2008 U1 - 361.609774/09033 22 PB - Ohio State University Press KW - Depressions KW - 1929 KW - Michigan KW - Social service KW - History KW - Welfare recipients KW - Public welfare KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/27858/ ER -