| Author |
Ehrenreich, John, 1943-
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| Subject |
Social service -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Social policy.
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Public Policy -- United States.
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Social Work -- history -- United States.
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| Description |
1 online resource (271 pages) |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-264) and index. |
| Contents |
The origins of American social policy -- Casework and the emergence of social work as a profession -- The construction of the welfare state -- The crisis in social work, 1929-1945 -- Social policy in the affluent society, 1945-1960 -- Kennedy, Johnson, and the great society -- A house divided: the second crisis in social work, 1960-1980 -- The next phase. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Social work and social policy in the United States have always had a complex and troubled relationship. In this book, John H. Ehrenreich offers a critical interpretation of their intertwined histories. |
| ISBN |
9780801471230 (electronic bk.) |
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0801471230 (electronic bk.) |
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0801417643 |
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9780801417641 |
| OCLC # |
869282481 |
| Additional Format |
Print version: Ehrenreich, John, 1943- Altruistic imagination 0801417643 (DLC) 84045807 (OCoLC)11495899 |
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