TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ehrenreich,John
TI  - The altruistic imagination: a history of social work and social policy in the United States 
SN  - 0801417643 (alk. paper)
AV  - HV 91 .E38 1985
PY  - 1985///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Social service
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Social policy
KW  - Welfare work, to 1985
KW  - Political aspects
N1  - Includes index; Bibliography: p. 234-264; 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
ER  -