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Poor Law (United States)

By: Stephen T. Ziliak
In: Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America
Edited by: John M. Herrick & Paul H. Stuart
Subject:Public Policy, Social Policy (general)

Popular accounts suggest that the origin of public assistance to the poor was borne of the deep and persistent unemployment of the Great Depression and that its first cry was President Franklin D. Roosevelt's signing of the Social Security Act in ...

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  Ziliak, S. (2005). Poor law (united states). In J. M. Herrick, & P. H. Stuart (Eds.), Encyclopedia of social welfare history in North America (pp. 275-277). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952521.n110
  
  Ziliak, Stephen T. "Poor Law (United States)." In Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America, edited by Herrick, John M., and Paul H. Stuart, 275-77. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2005. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952521.n110.
  
  Ziliak, S. 2005. Poor Law (United States). In: John M. Herrick and Paul H. Stuart Editors, 2005. Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 275-277 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952521.n110> [Accessed 15 Aug 2022].
  
  Ziliak, Stephen T. "Poor Law (United States)." Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America. Edited by John M. Herrick and Paul H. Stuart. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2005, pp. 275-77. SAGE Knowledge. 15 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952521.n110.
  
  Ziliak, Stephen T. (2005). Poor law (united states) In: Herrick, John M., and Paul H. Stuart (Eds.),Poor law (United States) Encyclopedia of social welfare history in North America Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2005:275-277. doi:10.4135/9781412952521.n110
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