From Poor Law to Welfare State

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Summary

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

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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
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