Who Cares?: Public Ambivalence and Government Activism from the New Deal to the Second Gilded Age

by Katherine S. Newman (Author), Elisabeth S. Jacobs (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2010

  $36.25

  Americans like to think that they look after their own, especially in times of hardship. And for the Great Depression and the Great Society eras, the collective memory is one of solidarity and compassion for the less fortunate. This title challenges this story by examining opinion polls and letters to presidents from average citizens.