LEADER 04477nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910449859703321 005 20210916014407.0 010 $a0-674-02999-2 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674029996 035 $a(CKB)1000000000001122 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050653 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000115819 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11984915 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000115819 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10026429 035 $a(PQKB)10500548 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000277559 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11205017 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277559 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10240906 035 $a(PQKB)10720186 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3299988 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3299988 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr5004909 035 $a(OCoLC)923108482 035 $a(DE-B1597)574506 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674029996 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000001122 100 $a19980528d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBuilding the invisible orphanage$b[electronic resource] $ea prehistory of the American welfare system /$fMatthew A. Crenson 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d1998 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 383 p. )$cill., ports 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-674-00554-6 311 0 $a0-674-46591-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 333-374) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1 The Decline of the Orphanage and the Invention of Welfare --$t2 The Institutional Inclination --$t3 Two Dimensions of Institutional Change --$t4 Institutional Self-Doubt and Internal Reform --$t5 From Orphanage to Home --$t6 The Orphanage Reaches Outward --$t7 ?The Unwalled Institution of the State? --$t8 The Perils of Placing Out --$t9 ?The Experiment of Having No Home? --$t10 Mobilizing for Mothers? Pensions --$t11 Religious Wars --$tConclusion: An End to the Orphanage --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aIn 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. 330 $bIn 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. 606 $aPublic welfare$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aChild welfare$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aWelfare state 606 $aOrphanages$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xSocial policy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPublic welfare$xHistory. 615 0$aChild welfare$xHistory. 615 0$aWelfare state. 615 0$aOrphanages$xHistory. 676 $a362.70973 700 $aCrenson$b Matthew A.$f1943-$01041218 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910449859703321 996 $aBuilding the invisible orphanage$92464578 997 $aUNINA