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...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
1997.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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