Building the invisible orphanage : a prehistory of the American welfare system /

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This book examines the connection between the decline of the orphanage and the rise of welfare. Matthew Crenson argues that the prehistory of the welfare system was played out not on the stage of national politics or class conflict but in the micropolitics of institutional management. New arrangemen...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Crenson, Matthew A., 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1880-1996.
Public welfare > United States > History.
Child welfare > United States > History.
Welfare state.
Orphanages > United States > History.
État providence.
Orphelinats > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
HISTORY > Social History.
Child welfare
Orphanages
Public welfare
Social policy
Welfare state
Kinderfürsorge
Geschichte
Fürsorge
Waisenhaus
Weeshuizen.
Jeugdhulpverlening.
Welzijnszorg.
United States > Social policy.
États-Unis > Politique sociale.
United States
USA
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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