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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Roof, Tracy.

American labor, Congress, and the welfare state, 1935–2010/

Tracy Roof.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-1-4214-0086-0 (hardcover : alk. paper)

ISBN-13: 978-1-4214-0087-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 1-4214-0086-3 (hardcover : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 1-4214-0087-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Labor unions—Political activity—United States—History. 2. Welfare state—United States—History. I. Title.

HD6510.R66 2011

322′.20973—dc22      2010047699

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