Between 1900 and 2000 an unprecedented American effort to use state regulation to guarantee health, opportunity, and security to the country's children failed to reach its goals. The achievements envisioned were enormously ambitious and reflected entrenched but self-contradictory values and Americans' inconsistent expectations of government. As such, a "failed" century deserves a mixture of rebuke and cautious admiration.
| ISBN-13: | 9780521535687 |
| ISBN-10: | 0521535689 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication date: | 2003-11-03 |
| Edition description: | Illustrated |
| Pages: | 374 |
| Product dimensions: | Height: 9.02 Inches, Length: 5.99 Inches, Weight: 1.2566348934 Pounds, Width: 0.97 Inches |
| Author: | Judith Sealander |
| Language: | en |
| Binding: | Paperback |
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