Building the Invisible Orphanage A Prehistory of the American Welfare System |
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| Author:
| Crenson, Matthew A. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-00554-9 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2001 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $47.00 |
Book Description:
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This book examines the connection between the decline of the orphanage and the rise of welfare in America. 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.
This book examines the connection between the decline of the orphanage and the rise of welfare in America. 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.