Social Welfare: A History of the American Response to Need"Social Welfare: A History of the American Response to Need, Sixth Edition" describes and analyzes the ideas that have shaped the history of social welfare from the Colonial Period to the present day. Using original documents from each respective period through the current Bush Administration, this classic text examines the history of events and ideas that have shaped American social welfare policy. Coverage of economic developments, the impact of voluntarism, the impact of privatization helps students to understand the context of social welfare movements and policies, while material on trends in the justice system include the immigration debate New To This Edition
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... bureau extended by two years . The extension was fostered by the fact that the bureau , faced with the extreme hunger and poverty of whites as well as blacks , had helped both ; both protested the threatened withdrawal of relief . The ...
... Bureau was the first federal welfare agency and , between 1865 and 1869 , the major source of public welfare in the South . During its existence , the bureau engaged in numerous social welfare activities . It provided transportation ...
... Bureau of the Census , Statistical Abstract of the United States : 1973 , 94th ed . ( Washing- ton , D.C .: Government Printing Office , 1973 ) , p . 328 . 4. U.S. Bureau of the Census , Current Population Reports , Series P 60 , No. 77 ...