Harry Hopkins: Sudden Hero, Brash Reformer
- ISBN-10
- 1137105801
- ISBN-13
- 9781137105806
- Series
- Harry Hopkins
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 271
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-04-30
- Publisher
- Springer
- Authors
- NA NA, June Hopkins
Description
From 1912 to 1940, social worker Harry Hopkins committed himself to the ideal of government responsibility for impoverished Americans. This look at Hopkins' life and social work career broadens our understanding of the political and cultural currents that led to the Social Security Act of 1935, the bedrock of the American welfare state. Hopkins' experiences as an advocate and administrator of work relief and widows' pensions in New York City during the Progressive Era informed his contribution to welfare legislation during the New Deal years. Written by his granddaughter June Hopkins, this book not only clarifies the emergence of welfare policy but sheds considerable light on the present welfare debate. It also illuminates the life of one of the most influential Americans of the twentieth century.
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- 2014-10-30
- 200 pages
- Paperback
- Rowman & Littlefield
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- 2014-10-30
- 210 pages
- Paperback
- Rowman & Littlefield Pub Incorporated
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- 1987
- 474 pages
- Paperback
- Harvard University Press
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