From Poor Law to Welfare State, 6th Edition A History of Social Welfare in America

Name: From Poor Law to Welfare State, 6th Edition A History of Social Welfare in America
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ISBN: 9780684854717

ISBN-10: 0684854716

ISBN-13: 9780684854717

Edition: 6th 1998

Authors: Walter I. Trattner

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Book details

List price: $22.00
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 12/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Walter I. Trattner is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.



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



The Background



Colonial America



The Era of the American Revolution



The Trend Toward Indoor Relief



The Civil War and After -- Scientific Charity



Child Welfare



The Public Health Movement



The Settlement House Movement



The Mental Health Movement



Renaissance of Public Welfare



The Quest for Professionalization



Social Work and Welfare in the 1920s



Depression and a New Deal



From World War to Great Society



A Transitional Era



War on the Welfare State



Looking Forward -- Or Backward?


Index