Backlash Against Welfare Mothers Past And Present - Ellen Reese

Backlash Against Welfare Mothers Is A Forceful Examination Of How And Why A State-level Revolt Against Welfare, Begun In The Late 1940s, Was Transformed Into A National-level Assault That Destroyed A Critical Part Of The Nations Safety Net, With Tragic Consequences For American Society. With A Wealth Of Original Research, Ellen Reese Puts Recent Debates About The Contemporary Welfare Backlash Into Historical Perspective. She Provides A Closer Look At These Early Antiwelfare Campaigns, Showing Why They Were More Successful In Some States Than Others And How Opponents Of Welfare Sometimes Targeted Puerto Ricans And Chicanos As Well As Blacks For Cutbacks.