With welfare reform a burning political issue, this special anniversary edition of the classic history of welfare in America has been revised and updated to inc

With welfare reform a burning political issue, this special anniversary edition of the classic history of welfare in America has been revised and updated to inc

"There are places where history feels irrelevant, and America's inner cities are among them," acknowledges Michael Katz, in expressing the tensions between acti

“Brilliant . . . Here is the conflict of real ideas; of real personalities; here is a work of intellectual imagination and great charity. The Poorhouse Fair i

Do ominous reports of an emerging "underclass" reveal an unprecedented crisis in American society? Or are social commentators simply rediscovering the tragedy o