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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Greg M Shaw |
| ISBN: | 9780313338922 0313338922 |
| OCLC Number: | 152580750 |
| Description: | xix, 190 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- The early American roots of welfare -- Controlling the poor in nineteenth-century America -- From mothers' pensions to a troubled aid to dependent children program -- The rise and fall of the war on poverty -- The 1970s and 1980s--backlash and an emerging neoconservative consensus -- The end of welfare entitlement -- A new world of welfare -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Time line of significant developments in American social welfare provision -- Appendix 2: Annotated list of further readings -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Series Title: | Historical guides to controversial issues in America |
| Responsibility: | Greg M. Shaw. |
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