Shifting the Color Line: Race and the American Welfare State

By Robert C. Lieberman

Book Overview

Despite the substantial economic and political strides that African-Americans have made in th 20th century, welfare remains an issue that sharply divides Americans by race. This text explores the historical and political roots of enduring racial conflict in American welfare policy, beginning with the New Deal.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674745620
• ISBN13: 9780674745629
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"