{"product_id":"the-battle-for-welfare-rights-felicia-kornbluh-9780812220254","title":"The Battle for Welfare Rights: Politics and Poverty in Modern America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Battle for Welfare Rights\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles an American war on poverty fought first and foremost by poor people themselves. It tells the fascinating story of the National Welfare Rights Organization, the largest membership organization of low-income people in U.S. history. Setting that story in the context of its turbulent times, the 1960s and early 1970s, historian Felicia Kornbluh shows how closely tied that story was to changes in mainstream politics, both nationally and locally in New York City. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Battle for Welfare Rights\u003c\/i\u003e offers new insight into women's activism, poverty policy, civil rights, urban politics, law, consumerism, social work, and the rise of modern conservatism. It tells, for the first time, the complete story of a movement that profoundly affected the meaning of citizenship and the social contract in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Felicia Kornbluh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812220250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812220254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Felicia Kornbluh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120291344639,"sku":"9780812220254","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e0ad1ce0-3721-4f4d-abb9-8f64bcad3921.jpg?v=1687413542","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-battle-for-welfare-rights-felicia-kornbluh-9780812220254","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}