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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777070703321

Autore

Crenson Matthew A. <1943->

Titolo

Building the invisible orphanage [[electronic resource] ] : a prehistory of the American welfare system / / Matthew A. Crenson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 1998

ISBN

0-674-02999-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 383 p. ) : ill., ports

Disciplina

362.70973

Soggetti

Public welfare - United States - History

Child welfare - United States - History

Welfare state

Orphanages - United States - History

United States Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-374) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Decline of the Orphanage and the Invention of Welfare -- 2 The Institutional Inclination -- 3 Two Dimensions of Institutional Change -- 4 Institutional Self-Doubt and Internal Reform -- 5 From Orphanage to Home -- 6 The Orphanage Reaches Outward -- 7 “The Unwalled Institution of the State” -- 8 The Perils of Placing Out -- 9 “The Experiment of Having No Home” -- 10 Mobilizing for Mothers’ Pensions -- 11 Religious Wars -- Conclusion: An End to the Orphanage -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In 1996, the US abandoned its long-standing welfare system in favour of a new and largely untried public assistance programme. This text examines the connection between the decline of the orphanage and the rise of welfare.