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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... million bushels in 1859 to 600 million in 1900 ; the production of corn rose from 839 million bushels in 1859 to 2.7 billion in 1900.16 With the value of wheat and corn exports up to $ 73 million and $ 85 million , respectively , by ...
... million to reach 123 million . Dur- ing those same years , the total number of persons living in urban areas increased by 38 million to a total of 69 million . Forty percent of the population lived in urban areas in 1900 ; this rose to ...
... million women now working , about 3 million have children under 6 , and another 4 1/2 million have school - age children between 6 and 17. Ad- equate care for these children during their most formative years is essential to their proper ...