Books : From Poor Law to Welfare State, 6th Edition: A History of Social Welfare in America
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by: Walter I. Trattner
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.580973
EAN: 9780684854717
ISBN: 0684854716
Label: Free Press
Manufacturer: Free Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 464
Publication Date: December 01, 1998
Publisher: Free Press
Sales Rank: 40917
Studio: Free Press
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Over twenty-five years and through five editions, Walter I. Trattner's From Poor Law to Welfare State has 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 profession, showing how all these changes affected the treatment of the poor and needy in America. He explores the impact of public policies on social workers and other helping professions -- all against the backdrop of social and intellectual trends in American history. From Poor Law to Welfare State directly addresses racism and sexism and pays special attention to the worsening problems of child abuse, neglect, and homelessness. Topics new to this sixth edition include:
- A review of President Clinton's health-care reform and its failure, and his efforts to 'end welfare as we know it'
- Recent developments in child welfare including an expanded section on the voluntary use of children's institutions by parents in the nineteenth century, and the continued discrimination against black youth in the juvenile justice system
- An in-depth discussion of Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein's controversial book, The Bell Curve, which provided social conservatives new weapons in their war on the black poor and social welfare in general
- The latest information on AIDS and the reappearance of tuberculosis -- and their impact on public health policy
- A new Preface and Conclusion, and substantially updated Bibliographies
Written for students in social work and other human service professions, From Poor Law to Welfare State: A History of Social Welfare in America is also an essential resource for historians, political scientists, sociologists, and policymakers.
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Rating:  - School book
Very interesting articles that pertain to the evolution of social welfare in the U.S. well written.
Rating:  - New info
This book, though dry at times, gives a realistic and more complete look at American history. This was required reading for a college course I took. The history contained here is not what is taught in highschool and I was surprised at just how much I did not know about life in America before I was born.
America has a very ugly past and present in many ways. We have oppressed, demoralized, institutionalized, degraded, segregated, stereotyped, and persecuted millions of persons over the ... Read More
Rating: - A broad, sweeping history of America and Charity
Trattner takes the reader back in time to define how modern American has developed its current welfare state. Certainly this is a task that cannot be fully done in only 400 pages. The only weakness in this book is that it is too brief. It does not go into enough detail, but it is comprehensive enough to give a solid introduction to the modern American welfare state and the issues that face America's poor. This is a good book.
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