Social welfare : a history of the American response to need /
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| Author / Creator: | Axinn, June. |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : Harper & Row, c1982. |
| Description: | xiv, 351 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/495214 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- Document
- Introduction
- An Act for the Relief of the Poor, 43 Elizabeth, 1601
- 2. The Colonial Period: 1647-1776
- The Poor Laws in the Colonies
- Conquest, Expansion, and Population Growth: Native Americans
- Immigration, and Slavery
- Challenge to the Poor Laws
- Veterans: A Special Class
- Documents
- The Colonial Period
- An Act of Supplement to the Acts Referring to the Poor
- Massachusetts Bay, 1692
- The Binding of Moses Love, 1747
- 3. The Pre-Civil War Period: 1777-1860
- Labor and Economic Security
- The Reform Movements
- Institutions, Almshouses, and Paupers
- Child Saving
- Retreat from the Almshouse
- Documents
- The Pre-Civil War Period
- First Annual Report, Society for the Prevention of Pauperism
- In the City of New York, 1818
- Constitution and By-Laws, Female Orphan Asylum of Portland