"Ending welfare as we know it" in 1960: Louisiana's suitable home law

Social Service Review

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 564-584

  Lindhorst, Taryn ^a   Leighninger, Leslie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1842781689     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378329     Document Type: Article

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