{"product_id":"this-business-of-relief-elna-c-green-9780820325521","title":"This Business of Relief","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe South has been largely overlooked in the debates prompted by the wave of welfare reforms during the 1990s. This book helps correct that imbalance. Using Richmond, Virginia, as an example, Elna C. Green looks at issues and trends related to two centuries of relief for the needy and dependent in the urban South. Throughout, she links her findings to the larger narrative of welfare history in the United States. She ties social-welfare policy in the South to other southern histories, showing how each period left its own mark on policies and their implementation--from colonial poor laws to homes for children orphaned in the Civil War to the New Deal's public works projects. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGreen also covers the South's ongoing urbanization and industrialization, the selective application of social services along racial and gender lines, debates over the \"deserving\" and \"undeserving\" poor, the professionalization of social work, and the lasting effects of New Deal money and regulations on the region. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis groundbreaking study sheds light on a variety of key public and private welfare issues--in history and in the present, and in terms of welfare recipients and providers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elna Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082032552X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820325521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 5.90w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2004 pg. 1944\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 36 - Recommended\/Special Interest","brand":"Elna Green","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44254741987583,"sku":"9780820325521","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0e9a9123-8c5c-4771-bed7-11e09856a2c2.jpg?v=1694614114","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-business-of-relief-elna-c-green-9780820325521","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}