LEADER 04417oam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910778197203321 005 20231018215452.0 010 $a0-674-02889-9 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674028890 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786728 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000282982 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11232368 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282982 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10336278 035 $a(PQKB)10132324 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000224393 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12066852 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224393 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10210783 035 $a(PQKB)11498869 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3299987 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr5004908 035 $a(OCoLC)923108480 035 $a(DE-B1597)574404 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674028890 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3299987 035 $a(OCoLC)1257324281 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786728 100 $a19970619d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe poor belong to us $eCatholic charities and American welfare /$fDorothy M. Brown, Elizabeth McKeown 210 1$aCambridge, Mass. :$cHarvard University Press,$d1997. 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 284 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-674-68973-9 311 0 $a0-674-00401-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [199]-200) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1 The New York System --$t2 The Larger Landscape --$t3 Inside the Institutions: Foundlings, Orphans, Delinquents --$t4 Outside the Institutions: Pensions, Precaution, Prevention --$t5 Catholic Charities, the Great Depression, and the New Deal --$tConclusion --$tSources --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aBetween the Civil War and World War II, Catholic charities evolved from volunteer and local origins into a centralized and professionally trained workforce that played a prominent role in the development of American welfare. Dorothy Brown and Elizabeth McKeown document the extraordinary efforts of Catholic volunteers to care for Catholic families and resist Protestant and state intrusions at the local level, and they show how these initiatives provided the foundation for the development of the largest private system of social provision in the United States. It is a story tightly interwoven with local, national, and religious politics that began with the steady influx of poor Catholic immigrants into urban centers. Supported by lay organizations and by sympathetic supporters in city and state politics, religious women operated foundling homes, orphanages, protectories, reformatories, and foster care programs for the children of the Catholic poor in New York City and in urban centers around the country. When pressure from reform campaigns challenged Catholic child care practices in the first decades of the twentieth century, Catholic charities underwent a significant transformation, coming under central diocesan control and growing increasingly reliant on the services of professional social workers. And as the Depression brought nationwide poverty and an overwhelming need for public solutions, Catholic charities faced a staggering challenge to their traditional claim to stewardship of the poor. In their compelling account, Brown and McKeown add an important dimension to our understanding of the transition from private to state social welfare. 606 $aChurch work with the poor$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aChurch work with the poor$xCatholic Church$xHistory 606 $aPublic welfare$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xChurch history$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xChurch history$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions 615 0$aChurch work with the poor$xHistory. 615 0$aChurch work with the poor$xCatholic Church$xHistory. 615 0$aPublic welfare$xHistory. 676 $a361.7/5/08822 700 $aBrown$b Dorothy M$g(Dorothy Marie),$f1932-$01474270 701 $aMcKeown$b Elizabeth$01474271 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778197203321 996 $aThe poor belong to us$93687843 997 $aUNINA