Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSocial Work Trattner writes clearly and simply. It is a pleasure to read a book that one not only understands but that stimulates hope in the future from insights drawn from the past.
Table of ContentsContentsPreface to the Sixth Edition
Preface to the Fifth Edition
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First EditionChapter 1 The Background
Chapter 2 Colonial America
Chapter 3 The Era of the American Revolution
Chapter 4 The Trend Toward Indoor Relief
Chapter 5 The Civil War and After -- Scientific Charity
Chapter 6 Child Welfare
Chapter 7 The Public Health Movement
Chapter 8 The Settlement House Movement
Chapter 9 The Mental Health Movement
Chapter 10 Renaissance of Public Welfare
Chapter 11 The Quest for Professionalization
Chapter 12 Social Work and Welfare in the 1920s
Chapter 13 Depression and a New Deal
Chapter 14 From World War to Great Society
Chapter 15 A Transitional Era
Chapter 16 War on the Welfare State
Chapter 17 Looking Forward -- Or Backward?
Index
