TY  - BOOK
AU  - LaMonte,Edward Shannon
TI  - Politics and welfare in Birmingham, 1900-1975
SN  - 9780817388928
AV  - HV99.B53 
U1  - 361.9761781 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Tuscaloosa
PB  - University of Alabama Press
KW  - Public welfare
KW  - Alabama
KW  - Birmingham
KW  - History
KW  - Aide sociale
KW  - Histoire
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Public Policy
KW  - Social Services & Welfare
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Human Services
KW  - fast
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Birmingham (Ala.)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part One: 1900-1917 -- 1. Birmingham, Alabama: The Historical Background -- 2. Politics and Decision Making -- 3. Welfare Services -- Part Two: 1928-1941 -- 4. Politics and Government in Birmingham -- 5. The Depression in Birmingham -- 6. Relief in Birmingham: From the Community Chest to the Department of Public Welfare -- Part Three: 1954 -- 7. The Missed Opportunity in Race Relations -- Part Four: 1962-1975 -- 8. Political and Social Modernization; 9. The Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity and the Birmingham Citizen Participation Program -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - This well-written volume explores the relationships between politics and welfare programs for low-income residents in Birmingham during four periods in the twentieth century: 1900-1917, the formative period of city building when welfare was predominantly a responsibility of the private sector; 1928-1941, when the Great Depression devastated the local economy and federal intervention became the principal means of meeting human need; the mid 1950s, when the lasting impacts of the New Deal could be assessed and when matters of race relations became increasingly s
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