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452 pages 24 cm Includes bibliographical references Survival through mutual aid -- The legal framework -- The poor law applied in colonial America -- Private philanthropy supports governmental activity -- Private help for special recipients -- The provision of guaranteed security in old age or disability -- Organized philanthropy for restorative purposes -- Noblesse oblige -- The spread of the poor law -- Poor relief in public policy -- The beginnings of community organization -- The problem of wages -- The environmental approach -- The Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor -- The "dangerous classes" -- prevention, not cure -- Humane and curative care -- a public responsibility -- The states assume responsibility -- Rivalries in well-doing -- Public responsibility for children -- The National Conference -- The Charity Organization Society -- The settlement movement -- The beginnings of education -- Crosscurrents of charitable opinion -- Mass measures to meet economic risks -- Looking askance -- The social worker as expert witness -- Education for the new profession -- Professional organization -- How much should government do about life's hazards? -- Emergence of meth

Author

Ralph E Pumphrey; Muriel W Pumphrey

Publisher

New York, Columbia University Press

Published

1965

Language

EN

ISBN

9780231086196

Subjects

Social Science, Social_sciences