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THREE WORLDS OF RELIEF
RACE, IMMIGRATION, AND THE AMERICAN WELFARE STATE FROM THE PROGRESSIVE ERA TO THE NEW DEAL |
| By: |
Cybelle Fox |
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Paperback |
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£45.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0691152241 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780691152240 |
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| Publisher: |
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
20 April, 2012 |
| Series: |
Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and |
| Pages: |
416 |
| Description: |
Examines the role of race and immigration in the development of the American social welfare system by comparing how blacks, Mexicans, and European immigrants were treated by welfare policies during the Progressive Era and the New Deal. |
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Three Worlds of Relief examines the role of race and immigration in the development of the American social welfare system by comparing how blacks, Mexicans, and European immigrants were treated by welfare policies during the Progressive Era and the New Deal. Taking readers from the turn of the twentieth century to the dark days of the Depression, Cybelle Fox finds that, despite rampant nativism, European immigrants received generous access to social welfare programs. The communities in which they lived invested heavily in relief. Social workers protected them from snooping immigration agents, and ensured that noncitizenship and illegal status did not prevent them from receiving the assistance they needed. But that same helping hand was not extended to Mexicans and blacks. Fox reveals, for example, how blacks were relegated to racist and degrading public assistance programs, while Mexicans who asked for assistance were deported with the help of the very social workers they turned to for aid. Drawing on a wealth of archival evidence, Fox paints a riveting portrait of how race, labor, and politics combined to create three starkly different worlds of relief. She debunks the myth that white America's immigrant ancestors pulled themselves up by their bootstraps, unlike immigrants and minorities today. Three Worlds of Relief challenges us to reconsider not only the historical record but also the implications of our past on contemporary debates about race, immigration, and the American welfare state. |
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1 halftone. 11 line illus. 5 tables. 2 maps. |
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US |
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Princeton University Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Distinguished Book Award, Latina/o Sociology Section, American
Winner of Thomas and Znaniecki Best Book Award, International Migration
Winner of 2012 Award for Best Book in Latino Politics 2012
Winner of Wright Mills Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems 2012
Joint winner of Barrington Moore Book Award, Comparative and Historical
Joint winner of Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award, Political |
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