Southern paternalism and the American welfare state : economics, politics, and institutions in the South, 1865-1965 /
Using institutional economics, Professors Alston and Ferrie show how paternalism in Southern agriculture helped shape the growth of the American welfare state in the hundred years following the Civil War. It was an integral part of agricultural contracts prior to mechanization. Paternalism involved...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
1999.
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| Series: | Political economy of institutions and decisions.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
