It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read In The Shadow Of The Poorhouse by Michael B. Katz
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In this history, Katz explores the roots of our ambivalence toward welfare and the welfare state, revealing the patterns which have recurred from era to era and which continue to frustrate reformers to this day. From the poorhouse era to the New Deal, from the War on Poverty to the War on Welfare, Katz provides the long perspective so often missing from the debates over "ending welfare as we know it". And this tenth anniversary edition contains an expanded introduction and a new concluding chapter, bringing the story to the present and analyzing the politics that lie behind the welfare reform...
In The Shadow Of The Poorhouse by Michael B. Katz is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.
This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read In The Shadow Of The Poorhouse aloud.
In The Shadow Of The Poorhouse is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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