The People's Welfare: Law and Regulation in Nineteenth-Century America

by William J. Novak

Book Overview

Much of today's political rhetoric decries the welfare state and our maze of government regulations. Critics hark back to a time before the state intervened so directly in citizens' lives. In The People's Welfare, William Novak refutes this vision of a stateless past by documenting America's long history of government regulation in the areas of public safety, political economy, public property, morality, and public health. Challenging the myth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807846112
• ISBN13: 9780807846117
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"