A Caring Society: The New Deal, the Worker, and the Great Depression : A History of the American Worker 1933-1941
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A Caring Society: The New Deal, the Worker, and the Great Depression : A History of the American Worker 1933-1941

Irving Bernstein
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Describes the major impact of the Great Depression, traces the origins of the welfare, social security, and unemployment insurance programs, and explains how the Depression affected the labor movement
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