Southern Paternalism and the American Welfare State: Economics, Politics, and Institutions in the South, 1865-1965

Preface Introduction 1. The economics of paternalism 2. The politics of maintaining paternalism 3. Southern opposition to the Social Security Act 4. Southern opposition to the farm security administration 5. The Bracero program and wartime farm labour legislation 6. Mechanization and the disappearance of paternalism Conclusion References Index.