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Author Ehrenreich, John, 1943-

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

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1985.

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Description 1 online resource (271 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-264) and index.
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.
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Subject Social service -- United States -- History.
Social service.
United States.
History.
United States -- Social policy.
Social policy.
Public Policy.
Social Work -- history.
United States.
United States -- Social policy -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Ehrenreich, John, 1943- Altruistic imagination 0801417643 (DLC) 84045807 (OCoLC)11495899
ISBN 9780801471230 (electronic book)
0801471230 (electronic book)
0801417643
9780801417641