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Building the Invisible Orphanage : A Prehistory of the American Welfare System
Building the Invisible Orphanage A Prehistory of the American Welfare System
Author: Matthew A. Crenson
This book examines the connection between the decline of the orphanage and the rise of the welfare system that has recently been dismantled. Matthew A. Crenson argues that the prehistory of the welfare system was played out not on the stage of national politics or class conflict but in the micro-politics of institutional management. ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674005549
ISBN-10: 0674005546
Publication Date: 3/16/2001
Pages: 400
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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