Race, Money, and the American Welfare State: Medieval English Devotional Literature in Translation

by Michael K. Brown

Book Overview

The American welfare state is often blamed for exacerbating social problems confronting African Americans while failing to improve their economic lot. Michael K. Brown contends that our welfare system has in fact denied them the social provision it gives white citizens while stigmatizing them as recipients of government benefits for low income citizens. In his provocative history of America's "safety net" from its origins in the New Deal through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080148510X
• ISBN13: 9780801485107
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"