Who Cares?: Public Ambivalence and Government Activism from the New Deal to the Second Gilded Age

by Katherine S. Newman, Elisabeth Jacobs, Elisabeth S. Jacobs

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Why major changes to America's social safety net have always required bold presidential leadership

Americans like to think that they look after their own, especially in times of hardship. Particularly for the Great Depression and the Great Society eras, the collective memory is one of solidarity and compassion for the less fortunate. Who Cares? challenges this story by examining opinion polls and letters to presidents from...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691135630

ISBN13:9780691135632

Release Date:April 2010

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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