Welfare Reform in the Early Republic A Brief History with Documents

Name: Welfare Reform in the Early Republic A Brief History with Documents
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ISBN: 9780312398217

ISBN-10: 0312398212

ISBN-13: 9780312398217

Edition: 2003

Authors: Seth Rockman

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In the decades following the American Revolution, elected officials, moral crusaders, and relief administrators scrutinized the public welfare programs that assisted thousands of impoverished people. Seth Rockman uses documents ranging from sermons to almshouse admission rolls to show how reformers investigated the causes of poverty and pursued solutions that ranged from massive institutionalization of the poor to the total abolition of public charity — issues that are remarkably similar to the welfare debates of today. Also included are headnotes to the documents, questions for consideration, an annotated chronology, suggestions for further reading, and an index.

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 10/23/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 187
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Seth Rockman is an assistant professor of history at Brown University and author of Welfare Reform in the Early Republic.



Foreword


Preface


List of Illustrations



Introduction: Poverty "in a Land Flowing with Milk and Honey"


Poor Relief in Early America


The Growing Problem of Poverty and Its Victims


Religious Reform and Moral Benevolence


Public Responsibility for the Poor


Structural Solutions for Poverty


The Legacy of Welfare Reform


A Note about the Text



The Documents


Elite Perceptions of Poverty as a Moral and Social Crisis



The Pennsylvania Society for the Promotion of Public Economy, 1817



The New York Society for the Prevention of Pauperism, 1818



On Doing Good to the Poor, 1818




Of Intellectually and Morally Neglected Children, c. 1828



Private Benevolence and Moral Cures for Poverty



The Friendly Society of St. Thomas's African Church, 1797



The Providence Female Society for the Relief of Indigent Women and Children, 1801



The Female Humane Association Charity School, 1803



Ezra Stiles Ely, Preacher to the Poor in New York, 1811



The Boston Society for the Moral and Religious Instruction of the Poor, 1819



Subjects of the New York House of Refuge, 1825-1830



Letter to Graduates of the House of Refuge, 1829



Subjects of the New York Colored Orphan Asylum, 1837ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½183