Ehrenreich, John,  1943- <br/><br/>
The altruistic imagination :  a history of social work and social policy in the United States / 
John H. Ehrenreich. 
 - Ithaca :  Cornell University Press,  1985. 
 - 271 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography: p. 234-264. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0801417643 (alk. paper) 9780801417641 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>84045807 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB86-15733 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>8509540  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social service--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Social policy.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>United States  Welfare work, to 1985.  Political aspects 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV 91  / .E38 1985