The American Dole: Unemployment Relief and the Welfare State in the Great Depression. By Jeff Singleton. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000. Pp. viii, 243. $72.95.
本书详述了大萧条前后救济项目的历史，评估了1930年代以来福利改革的障碍，主张以社会保险和公共就业替代家计调查式福利，适合研究新政时期救济制度演变及现代政策历史根源的学者。
In this book, Jeff Singleton provides a detailed history of relief programs prior to and during the Great Depression. He also assesses the obstacles to welfare reform since the 1930s, and he generally argues for more reliance on social insurance and public employment as alternatives to means-tested welfare programs. The book will be of interest to scholars seeking to understand the details and evolution of relief institutions before and during the New Deal, as well as to those interested in the historical origins of modern policy.