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The altruistic imagination : a history of social work and social policy in the United States / John H. Ehrenreich.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1985Description: 1 online resource (271 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801471230
  • 0801471230
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Altruistic imaginationDDC classification:
  • 361.3/0973 22
LOC classification:
  • HV91 .E38 1985eb
NLM classification:
  • EE1590
Other classification:
  • 15.00
  • 79.61
  • QX 000
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: Social work and social policy in the United States have always had a complex and troubled relationship. In this book, John H. Ehrenreich offers a critical interpretation of their intertwined histories.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-264) and 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.

Print version record.

Social work and social policy in the United States have always had a complex and troubled relationship. In this book, John H. Ehrenreich offers a critical interpretation of their intertwined histories.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 651

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