Patriots, Settlers, and the Origins of American Social Policy

Name: Patriots, Settlers, and the Origins of American Social Policy
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ISBN: 9780521524261

ISBN-10: 0521524261

ISBN-13: 9780521524261

Edition: 2003

Authors: Laura S. Jensen

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Patriots, Settlers, and the Origins of American Social Policy offers a pathbreaking account of the pivotal role played by entitlement policies during the first hundred years of the United States' existence. Contrary to the story of developmental delay contained in the standard historiography, Laura Jensen reveals that national social policies not only existed in early America, but also were a major instrument by which the fledgling US government built itself and the new nation. From 1776 on, Federal pensions and land entitlements figured prominently in the growth and empowerment of a unique American state, the consolidation and expansion of the country, and the political incorporation of a…

Book details

List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/21/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 260
Size: 6.42" wide x 8.86" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English




Entitlements in law and history



Pensions for revolutionary patriots



Revolutionary policies



The 'public' lands and public welfare



Expanding a nation, dissolving a union



Entitlements and the constitution of the American nation.