The Limits of Affluence
Welfare in Ontario, 1920-1970
1st Edition
Published on 15. December 1994
401 pages
978-1-4875-8623-2 (ISBN)
Description
The first history of welfare in Canada's richest province offers a new perspective on our contemporary response to poverty. Struthers examines the evolution of provincial and local programs for single mothers, the aged, and the unemployed between 1920 and 1970, when the modern welfare state first took shape.
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Language
English
Place of publication
ON
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
8 b&w tables
File size
11,53 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4875-8623-2 (9781487586232)
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01/1995
University of Toronto Press
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StruthersJames:
JAMES STRUTHERS is a professor in the Canadian Studies Department and the Department of History at Trent University.
JAMES STRUTHERS is a professor in the Canadian Studies Department and the Department of History at Trent University.
