From poor law to welfare state : a history of social welfare in America / Walter I. Trattner.
1999
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Author
Title
From poor law to welfare state : a history of social welfare in America / Walter I. Trattner.
Published
New York : The Free Press, [1999]
Copyright
©1999
Call Number
HV91 .T7 1999
Edition
Sixth edition.
ISBN
0684854716 (alk. paper)
Description
xxxix, 424 pages ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)39614748
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface to the Sixth Edition
Preface to the Fifth Edition
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Ch. 1
The Background
1
Ch. 2
Colonial America
15
Ch. 3
The Era of the American Revolution
30
Ch. 4
The Trend Toward Indoor Relief
47
Ch. 5
The Civil War and After - Scientific Charity
77
Ch. 6
Child Welfare
108
Ch. 7
The Public Health Movement
140
Ch. 8
The Settlement House Movement
163
Ch. 9
The Mental Health Movement
192
Ch. 10
Renaissance of Public Welfare
214
Ch. 11
The Quest for Professionalization
233
Ch. 12
Social Work and Welfare in the 1920s
253
Ch. 13
Depression and a New Deal
273
Ch. 14
From World War to Great Society
304
Ch. 15
A Transitional Era
337
Ch. 16
War on the Welfare State
362
Ch. 17
Looking Forward - Or Backward?
388
Index
403