The altruistic imagination : a history of social work and social policy in the United States - Ehrenreich, John, 1943- (Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1985)
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.
Bibliography: p. 234-264.
Includes index.
Keywords: Social service -- United States -- History; United States -- Social policy; United States -- Welfare work, to 1985. -- Political aspects