The Color of Welfare: How Racism Undermined the War on Poverty by Jill Quadagno

The Color of Welfare: How Racism Undermined the War on Poverty

Jill Quadagno

272 pages hardcover 1994

3 editions

nonfiction history sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Thirty years after Lyndon Johnson declared a War on Poverty, the United States still lags behind most Western democracies in national welfare systems, lacking such basic programs as national health insurance and child care support. Some critics ha...

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