From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State
Subtitle: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: May 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780807825310
Subjects: Association: clubs, societies; Charities & voluntary services; Cultural studies; Social history; Welfare & benefit systems; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Political Science; Private Welfare Work; Politics / Current Events; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; History: American; USA; Economic Conditions; Public Policy - Social Policy; History; United States - 20th Century; Friendly societies; Insurance, Fraternal; Mutualism; United States
First sentence: Any study of the origins of American fraternal societies cannot ignore the work of Alexis de Tocqueville.