Social Work Practice and Social Welfare Policy in the United States: A History
- ISBN-10
- 0190607327
- ISBN-13
- 9780190607326
- Category
- Public welfare
- Pages
- 376
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Philip R. Popple
Description
Introduction -- Social welfare in the new nation, 1776-1865 -- America confronts poverty, 1776-1860 -- Modern America, modern problems: 1860-1900 -- Scientific charity, 1850-1900 -- Progress in social welfare, 1895-1929 -- The birth of a profession: 1898-1930 -- Crises: the great depression and World War II -- The Depression: a crisis for the new profession, 1930-1945 -- America's welfare state experiment: 1945-1974 -- Social work practice, 1945-1974 -- Ending welfare as we know it -- Social work in the conservative 21st century welfare state
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