From Poor Law to Welfare State, 6th Edition

A History of Social Welfare in America

De: Walter I. Trattner

Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain

The only comprehensive account of American social welfare history from the colonial era to the present, the new sixth edition has been updated to include the latest developments in our society as well as trends in social welfare.

Trattner provides in-depth examination of developments in child welfare, public health, and the evolution of social work as a profession, showing how all these changes affected the treatment of the poor and needy in America. He explores the impact of public policies on social workers and other helping professions - all against the backdrop of social and intellectual trends in American history. From Poor Law to Welfare State directly addresses racism and sexism and pays special attention to the worsening problems of child abuse, neglect, and homelessness. Topics new to this sixth edition include:

• President Clinton's health care reform and his efforts to "end welfare as we know it"
• Developments in child welfare including the voluntary use of children's institutions by parents, and the discrimination against black youth in the juvenile justice system
• The latest information on AIDS and the reappearance of tuberculosis - and their impact on public health policy

©1994 Walter I. Trattner (P)2020 Tantor

From Poor Law To Welfare State

I Love the book. It is a excellent analysis of the historical basis of our history in dealing with the poor and some mental disabilities that come with it. It explains presently why we are where we are in aiding the poor and vulnerable, of our country. This book should be a best seller for those interested in justice for all. I highly recommend this book and the above narrative is a summary of the ratings I gave it.

Superficial and uninformative

This book does not tell the readers how the poor laws worked to control the poor. It doesn't tell how these laws worked to keep human beings: poor and displaced. This means we will not understand how to prevent the same savage laws form being used today against people. Poor Laws were used to destroy families with 100% support of religion. Today, the child welfare system and the juvenile court/family courts do the same thing with 100% religious support. The poor laws were intended to keep the issues of poverty obscure just as the child welfare system is clothed in good intentions and and keeps the social policy that enforces these programs obscure. This book is useless. Find another book.