The altruistic imagination : a history of social work and social policy in the United States / John H. Ehrenreich.
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TextPublication details: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1985.Description: 271 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0801417643 (alk. paper)
- 9780801417641 (alk. paper)
- HV 91 .E38 1985
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Bibliography: p. 234-264.
Includes index.
The origins of American social policy -- Casework and the emergence of social work as a profession -- The construction of the welfare state -- The crisis in social work, 1929-1945 -- Social policy in the affluent society, 1945-1960 -- Kennedy, Johnson, and the great society -- A house divided: the second crisis in social work, 1960-1980 -- The next phase.
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