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Southern Paternalism and the American Welfare State: Economics, Politics, and Institutions in the South, 1865-1965 Paperback - 2007 - 1st Edition

by Lee J. Alston; Joseph P. Ferrie


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Combining insights from economics, political science, and history, Professors Alston and Ferrie show how the timing and extent of the growth of the American welfare state from the Civil War until the mid-1960s was influenced by the Southern agricultural elite. Before the mechanization of Southern agriculture, the rural landed interests had an economic incentive to keep labor cheap and dependent. They accomplished this through their disproportionate political power at the local, state, and national level, which enabled them to maintain a discriminatory legal environment and prevent federal interference in labor relations.

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For much of the century between the end of the Civil War and the 1960s, paternalism was an important aspect of the rural way of life in the American South.

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  • Title Southern Paternalism and the American Welfare State: Economics, Politics, and Institutions in the South, 1865-1965
  • Author Lee J. Alston; Joseph P. Ferrie
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 184
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press
  • Date 2007-03-23
  • ISBN 9780521035798 / 0521035791
  • Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.42 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.07 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Cultural Region: South
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.580
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