S4 E6: A New Deal
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Three Worlds of Relief
C bel fox studied the very distinct experiences of those three groups as they sought the help that so many people needed in the 19 twenties and thirties. These big demographi groups mostly lived in different geographies and political and labor conditions. Most new arrivals from europe landed in northeastern and midwestern industrial cities, especially before the new deal. Fox says it helped a lot to be european when seeking relief. Any kind of european, including those like poles, greeks and italians, who were not considered the right kind of white by waspy or nordick americans.
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