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| Introduction | |
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| the Colonial Period: 1647-1776 | |
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| the Pre-Civil War Period: 1777-1860 | |
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| the Civil War and After: 1860-1900 | |
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| Progress and Reform: 1900-1930 | |
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| the Depression and the New Deal: 1930-1940 | |
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| War and Prosperity: 1940-1968 | |
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| Conservative Resurgence and Social Change: 1968-1992 | |
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| Social Welfare and the Information Society: 1992-2011 | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| DOCUMENT: Introduction | |
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| An Act for the Relief of the Poor, 43 Elizabeth, 1601 | |
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| the Colonial Period: 1647-1776 | |
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| The Poor Laws in the Colonies | |
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| Conquest, Expansion, and Population Growth: Native Americans, Immigration, and Slavery | |
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| Challenge to the Poor Laws | |
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| Veterans: A Special Class | |
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| DOCUMENTS: the Colonial Period | |
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| An Act of Supplement to the Acts Referring to the Poor Massachusetts Bay, 1692 | |
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| The Binding of Moses Love (1747). | |
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| the Pre-Civil War Period: 1777-1860 | |
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| Labor and Economic Security | |
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| The Reform Movements | |
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| Institutions, Almshouses, and Paupers | |
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| Child Saving | |
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| Retreat from the Almshouse | |
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| DOCUMENTS: the Pre-Civil War Period | |
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| The First Annual Report of the Society for the Prevention of Pauperism in New York City (1816) | |
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| The Constitution and By-Laws of the Female Orphan Asylum of Portland, Maine (1828) | |
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| President Franklin Pierce's Veto of the Ten-Million Acre Bill(1854) | |
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| the Civil War and After: 1860-1900 | |
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| Population Changes | |
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| Naturalization and Citizenship | |
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| Regional Shifts | |
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| The Welfare of Soldiers and Veterans | |
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| Social Welfare: the Rural South | |
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| Social Welfare: Urban Problems | |
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| The Charity Organization Movement | |
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| The Social Welfare of Women | |
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| A New View of Child Welfare | |
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| The Aging: the Group That Was Left Behind | |
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| The Settlement House Movement | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| DOCUMENTS: the Civil War and After | |
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| State of New York's Act to Provide for the Relief of Indigent Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, and the Families of Deceased Military Personnel (1887) | |
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| Josephine Shaw Lowell, "The Economic and Moral Effects of Public Outdoor Relief", Proceedings, National Conference of Charities and Corrections (1890) | |
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| Act to Prohibit the Coming of Chinese Laborers to the United States (September 1888) and Supplement (October 1888) | |
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| Progress and Reform: 1900-1930 | |
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| Poverty and the Working Class | |
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| Coalitions for Reform | |
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| Social Reform: Working Conditions | |
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| Social Reform: Women, Work, and Suffrage | |
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| Social Reform: Income Security | |
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| Social Reform: Family Welfare | |
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| Social Work and the Black Population | |
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| The End of Reform | |
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| The Social Welfare of Veterans | |
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| The Professionalization of Social Work | |
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| DOCUMENTS: Progress and Reform | |
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| Florence Kelley "The Family and the Woman's Wage" (1909) | |
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| Funds to Parents Act, Illinois (1911) | |
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| "Public Pensions to Widows" Proceedings, NCCC (1912) | |
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| the Depression and the New Deal: 1930-1940 | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Hoover Response to Crisis | |
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| FDR and the New Deal | |
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| Labor and Social Welfare | |
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| Veterans and the Bonus | |
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| Public Money for Relief | |
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| Federal Emergency Relief Administration | |
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| The Social Security Act | |
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| The Eclipse of Reform | |
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| Family Life and Social Workers | |
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| New Alignments in Social Welfare | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| DOCUMENTS: the Depression and the New Deal | |
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| Monthly Reports of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (1933) | |
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| Social Security Act (1935) | |
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| War and Prosperity: 1940-1968 | |
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| Population Shifts | |
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| Technology, Productivity, and Economic Insecurity | |
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| World War II | |
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| Postwar Optimism | |
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| The Attack on Public Welfare | |
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| Poverty and the Reform of Welfare | |
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| The War on Poverty | |
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| Expanded Benefits for the Aging | |
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| Controlling Public Assistance | |
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| Civil Rights and Juvenile Justice | |
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| DOCUMENTS: War and Prosperity | |
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| President Kennedy's Message on the Public Welfare Program (1962), | |
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| Economic Opportunity Act (1964), | |
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| U. S. Supreme Court, In re Gault (1967). | |
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| Conservative Resurgence and Social Change: 1968-1992 | |
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| Changing Employment Patterns | |
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| The Changing Family | |
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| Poverty and Income Distribution | |
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| The Expansion of Civil Rights | |
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| Expenditures for Social Welfare | |
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| Challenging the Welfare State | |
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| Welfare Reform | |
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| Child Welfare and the Aging | |
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| The Unemployed | |
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| Women | |
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| Veterans | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| DOCUMENTS: Conservative Resurgence and Social Change | |
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| President Richard M. Nixon's Message on Reform in Welfare (1969) | |
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| Standard of Review For Termination of Disability Benefits (1984) | |
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| Social Welfare and the Information Society: 1992-2011 | |
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| The Economy: Productivity, Growth, and Employment | |
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| Poverty | |
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| Changes in Family Composition | |
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| Population Shifts | |
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| The Fall and Rise of Health Care Reform | |
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| Addressing Poverty and Dependency: the Scope of Welfare Reform | |
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| Welfare Reform and "Immigration Control" | |
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| The Return to Voluntarism and the Rise of Privatization | |
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| The Continuing Civil Rights Battle | |
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| The Great Lockup | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| DOCUMENTS: Social Welfare and the Information Society | |
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| Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (1996) | |
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| State of California, Proposition 187, Illegal Aliens-Public Services, Verification, and Reporting (1994) | |
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| U. S. Supreme Court Lawrence v. Texas (2003) | |