Research Catalog

Title

Politics and welfare in Birmingham, 1900-1975 / Edward Shannon LaMonte.

Author

LaMonte, Edward Shannon.

Publication

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [1995], ©1995.

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Description

xvii, 298 pages; 25 cm

Summary

This well-written volume explores the relationships between politics and welfare programs for low-income residents in Birmingham during four periods in the 20th century: 1900-1917, the formative period of city building when welfare was predominantly a responsibility of the private sector; 1928-1941, when the Great Depression devastated the local economy and federal intervention became the principal means of meeting human need; the mid 1950s, when the lasting impacts of the New Deal could be assessed and when matters of race relations became increasingly significant; 1962-1975, when an intense period of local government reform, the Civil Rights movement, federal intervention in the form of the War on Poverty, and increasing demands for citizen participation all reinforced one another.

Subject

• Public welfare > Birmingham > History
• Birmingham (Ala.) > Social conditions
• Birmingham (Ala.) > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-290) and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. 1900-1917. 1. Birmingham, Alabama: The Historical Background. 2. Politics and Decision Making. 3. Welfare Services -- Pt. 2. 1928-1941. 4. Politics and Government in Birmingham. 5. The Depression in Birmingham. 6. Relief in Birmingham: From the Community Chest to the Department of Public Welfare -- Pt. 3. 1954. 7. The Missed Opportunity in Race Relations -- Pt. 4. 1962-1975. 8. Political and Social Modernization. 9. The Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity and the Birmingham Citizen Participation Program.

ISBN

0817307540

LCCN

94007186

OCLC

• 30078787
• ocm30078787

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries