This study explores the origin and development of the American social welfare system. It demonstrates that the system of orphanages, child-placing agencies, reformatories, juvenile courts, and child guidance clinics established in Victorian Boston was a foundation for the New Deal and remains the basis of contemporary social work with the young.
- ISBN10 155553211X
- ISBN13 9781555532116
- Publish Date 11 October 1994 (first published 1 January 1989)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Northeastern University Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 330
- Language English