From Slavery to Poverty : The Racial Origins of Welfare in New York, 1840-1918 /

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The racially charged stereotype of "welfare queen"-an allegedly promiscuous waster who uses her children as meal tickets funded by tax-payers-is a familiar icon in modern America, but as Gunja SenGupta reveals in From Slavery to Poverty, her historical roots run deep. For, SenGupta argues,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: SenGupta, Gunja (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2009]
Temas:
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > History.
Public welfare > New York (State) > New York > History.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA).
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • PART I
  • 1 Subaltern Worlds in Antebellum New York
  • 2 The White Republic and "Workfare"
  • 3 Not White, but Worthy
  • PART II
  • 4 The Color of Juvenile Justice
  • 5 Celtic Sisters, Saxon Keepers
  • PART III
  • 6 Black Voluntarism and American Identities
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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