04477nam 2200721Ia 450 991044985970332120210916014407.00-674-02999-210.4159/9780674029996(CKB)1000000000001122(StDuBDS)AH23050653(SSID)ssj0000115819(PQKBManifestationID)11984915(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000115819(PQKBWorkID)10026429(PQKB)10500548(SSID)ssj0000277559(PQKBManifestationID)11205017(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277559(PQKBWorkID)10240906(PQKB)10720186(MiAaPQ)EBC3299988(Au-PeEL)EBL3299988(CaPaEBR)ebr5004909(OCoLC)923108482(DE-B1597)574506(DE-B1597)9780674029996(EXLCZ)99100000000000112219980528d1998 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrBuilding the invisible orphanage[electronic resource] a prehistory of the American welfare system /Matthew A. CrensonCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press19981 online resource (xii, 383 p. )ill., portsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-00554-6 0-674-46591-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-374) and index.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 --IndexIn 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.In 1996, America abolished its long-standing welfare systems in favour of a new and largely untried public assistance programme. Welfare as America knew it arose in turn from a previous generation's rejection of an even earlier system of aid. That generation introduced welfare in order to eliminate orphanages.; This text examines the connection between the decline of the orphanage and the rise of welfare. Matthew Crenson argues that the prehistory of the welfare system was played out not on the stage of national politics or class conflict but in the micropolitics of institutional management. New arrangements for child welfare policy emerged gradually as superintendents, visiting agents, and charity officials responded to the difficulties that they encountered in running orphanages or creating systems that served as alternatives to institutional care.;Crenson also follows the decades-long debate about the relative merits of family care or institutional care for dependent children. Leaving poor children at home with their mothers emerged as the most generally acceptable alternative to the orphanage, along with an ambitious new conception of social reform. Instead of sheltering vulnerable children in institutions designed to transform them into virtuous citizens, the reformers of the Progressive Era tried to integrate poor children into the larger society, while protecting them from its perils.Public welfareUnited StatesHistoryChild welfareUnited StatesHistoryWelfare stateOrphanagesUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesSocial policyElectronic books.Public welfareHistory.Child welfareHistory.Welfare state.OrphanagesHistory.362.70973Crenson Matthew A.1943-1041218MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910449859703321Building the invisible orphanage2464578UNINA