Social welfare
Subtitle: a history of the American response to need
By: June Axinn, Mark J. Stern.
Contributors: Stern, Mark J.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
Subjects: Public welfare -- United States -- History -- Sources.; Social service -- United States -- History -- Sources.; Child welfare -- United States -- History -- Sources.
Genres: Sources.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: The colonial period, 1647-1776; value: The pre-Civil War period, 1777-1860; value: The Civil War and after, 1860-1900; value: Progress and reform, 1900-1930; value: The Depression and the New Deal, 1930-1940; value: War and prosperity, 1940-1970; value: Economic and social stagnation, 1970-1990; value: Social welfare and the information society, 1990-2003.