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1028621
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b782991
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Alston, Lee J.,1951-
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Southern paternalism and the American welfare state : : economics, politics, and institutions in the South, 1865-1965 /\ Lee J. Alston, Joseph P. Ferrie.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, U.K. ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1999.
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| Series Statement
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Political economy of institutions and decisions
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xii, 170 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0521622107
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: 9780521622103
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0250622107
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-163) and index.
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| Contents
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The economics of paternalism -- The politics of maintaining paternalism -- Southern opposition to the Social Security Act -- Southern opposition to the Farm Security Administration -- The Bracero program and wartime farm labor legislation -- Mechanization and the disappearance of paternalism.
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Using the new 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. Paternalism was an integral part of agricultural contracts prior to mechanization. It involved the exchange of "good and faithful" labor services for a variety of in-kind services, most notably protection from physical violence. The Southern landed elite valued paternalism because it reduced monitoring costs and turnover. Workers valued paternalism because they lacked civil rights.
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In order to maintain the value of paternalism to their workers, the agricultural interests needed to prevent meddling from the federal government, which they accomplished through their disproportionate political power. Only the advent of mechanization and complementary technology in the late 1950s and early 1960s finally reduced the desire of Southern agricultural interests to fight the expansion of federal welfare programs.
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Paternalism-- Economic aspects-- Southern States-- History.
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Pressure groups-- Southern States-- History.
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Pressure groups-- United States-- History.
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Public welfare-- Southern States-- History.
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Public welfare-- United States-- History.
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Welfare state-- History.
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15.85 history of America.
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Economic history.
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Fürsorge
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Landwirtschaft
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Patriarchalismus
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Pressure groups.
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Public welfare-- United States-- History.
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Public welfare.
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Welfare state-- United States.
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Welfare state.
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Wirtschaft
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Wohlfahrtsstaat
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Geschichte 1865-1965.
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Landbouw.
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Paternalisme.
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Southern States, Economic conditions.
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Southern States, Economic conditions.
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Southern States.
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United States.
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USA, Südstaaten
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| Dewey Classification
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362.5/8/0975
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| LC Classification
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HC107.A13A765 1999
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15.85bcl
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NW 2708rvk
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| Added Entry
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Ferrie, Joseph P.
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| Parallel Title
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American welfare state
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: Economics, politics, and institutions in the South, 1865-1965
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