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

ISBN: 9780684854717 | 0684854716
Edition: 6th
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Press
Pub. Date: 12/1/1998

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
Over twenty-five years and through five editions, Walter I. Trattner'sFrom Poor Law to Welfare Statehas served as the standard text on the history of welfare policy in the United States. The only comprehensive account of American social welfare history from the colonial era to the present, the new sixth edition has been updated to include the latest developments in our society as well as trends in social welfare.Trattner provides in-depth examination of developments in child welfare, public health, and the evolution of social work as a professi... MORE
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Preface to the Sixth Editionxi(3)
Preface to the Fifth Editionxiv(6)
Preface to the Fourth Editionxx(4)
Preface to the Third Editionxxiv(7)
Preface to the Second Editionxxxi(4)
Preface to the First Editionxxxv
Chapter 1 The Background
1(14)
Chapter 2 Colonial America
15(15)
Chapter 3 The Era of the American Revolution
30(17)
Chapter 4 The Trend Toward Indoor Relief
47(30)
Chapter 5 The Civil War and After--Scientific Charity
77(31)
Chapter 6 Child Welfare
108(32)
Chapter 7 The Public Health Movement
140(23)
Chapter 8 The Settlement House Movement
163(29)
Chapter 9 The Mental Health Movement
192(22)
Chapter 10 Renaissance of Public Welfare
214(19)
Chapter 11 The Quest for Professionalization
233(20)
Chapter 12 Social Work and Welfare in the 1920s
253(20)
Chapter 13 Depression and a New Deal
273(31)
Chapter 14 From World War to Great Society
304(33)
Chapter 15 A Transitional Era
337(25)
Chapter 16 War on the Welfare State
362(26)
Chapter 17 Looking Forward--Or Backward?
388(15)
Index403
Walter I. Trattner is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.


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