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

• Autore: Crenson Matthew A. <1943->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 1998
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 383 p. ) : ill., ports
• Disciplina: 362.70973
• Soggetto topico: Public welfare - United States - History; Child welfare - United States - History; Welfare state; Orphanages - United States - History
• Soggetto geografico: United States Social policy
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Building the invisible orphanage
• ISBN: 9780674029996; 0674029992
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910969800903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II