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The poor belong to us : Catholic charities and American welfare /

Between 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 C...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Brown, Dorothy M. (Dorothy Marie), 1932- (Autor), McKeown, Elizabeth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The New York System
  • The Larger Landscape
  • Inside the Institutions: Foundlings, Orphans, Delinquents
  • Outside the Institutions: Pensions, Precaution, Prevention
  • Catholic Charities, the Great Depression, and the New Deal
  • Conclusion
  • Sources
  • Notes
  • Index