| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 401 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Ontario historical studies series,
0380-9188
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Ontario historical studies series.
0380-9188
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"With its roots in nineteenth-century poor relief, welfare is Canada's oldest and most controversial social program. No other policy is so closely linked to debates on the causes of poverty, the meaning of work, the difference between entitlement and charity, and the definition of basic human needs. This first history of welfare in Canada's richest province offers a new perspective on our contemporary response to poverty." "Struthers examines the evolution of provincial and local programs for single mothers, the aged, and the unemployed between 1920 and 1970, when the modern welfare state first took shape. He analyses the roles of social workers; women's groups; labour and the left; federal, provincial, and local welfare bureaucrats; and the poor themselves. The story evolves through depression, war, and unprecedented postwar affluence. A wealth of detail supports this account of all the forces that have shaped welfare policy: bureaucratic imperatives, political pressures, private social agencies, social-work professionals, the unemployed, labour unions, federal-provincial relations, provincial-municipal relations, and the spirit of the times." "Based on extensive primary research, this definitive work covers much new ground, providing an indispensable reference on Ontario's social welfare history."--Jacket. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Public welfare -- Ontario -- History.
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Public welfare. |
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Ontario. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Struthers, James, 1950- Limits of affluence. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1994 (DLC) 95166286 (OCoLC)30974807 |
| ISBN |
9781487586232 (electronic book) |
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148758623X (electronic book) |
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0802006221 (bound) |
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9780802006226 (bound) |
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0802075827 (paperback) |
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9780802075826 (paperback) |
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