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...present. book is divided into four parts. The first two deal with the period before 1950, and the latter two with the period from mid-century to the present. Most of the sections that deal with the pre-1930 years are based on extensive secondary research, While those dealing with the post-1930 period (which constitute the majority of the almost 340 pages of text), draw on extensive primary research as well. Finkel covers vast period and provides considerable detail about attitudes, institutions, and policies directed at the poor, the infirm, the aged, and the young. He does not, however, present his survey as a...
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