Social Welfare A History of the American Response to Need

Name: Social Welfare A History of the American Response to Need
Price: 3.53 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780205522156

ISBN-10: 0205522157

ISBN-13: 9780205522156

Edition: 7th 2008

Authors: June Axinn, Mark J. Stern

List price: $101.80

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy used: $8.10

Marketplace

3 new & used from $3.53

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Social WelfareSeventh Edition,describes and analyzes the ideas that have shaped the history of social welfare--from the Colonial Period to the present day--byusing original documents from each respective period through the current Bush Administration. nbsp; Coverage of economic developments, the impact of volunteerism, and the impact of privatization in the text helps students understand the context of social welfare movements and policies. And, new materials on trends in the justice system address the immigration debate and the issue of homosexuality and the law.nbsp;nbsp;The Seventh Edition also includesnbsp;new material on Medicare prescription drug legislation, welfare reform,…

Book details

List price: $101.80
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/26/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Preface



Introduction


Document


Introduction


An Act for the Relief of the Poor, 43 Elizabeth, 1601



The Colonial Period: 1647-1776


The Poor Laws in the Colonies


Conquest, Expansion, and Population Growth: Native Americans


Immigration, and Slavery


Challenge to the Poor Laws


Veterans: A Special Class


Documents


The Colonial Period


An Act of Supplement to the Acts Referring to the Poor


Massachusetts Bay, 1692


The Binding of Moses Love, 1747



The Pre-Civil War Period: 1777-1860


Labor and Economic Security


The Reform Movements


Institutions, Almshouses, and Paupers


Child Saving


Retreat from the Almshouse


Documents


The Pre-Civil War Period


First Annual Report, Society for the Prevention of Pauperism


In the City of New York, 1818


Constitution and By-Laws, Female Orphan Asylum of Portland