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Machine derived contents note: Contents --
Preface --
<hr>Chapter One --
Values in Social Welfare 1 --
Values in Social Welfare 3 --
What Are Values? 4 --
Foundations of Charity and Control 4 --
American Social Values 5 --
Judeo-Christian Charity Values 6 --
Democratic Egalitarianism and Individualism 6 --
The Protestant Work Ethic and Capitalism 7 --
Social Darwinism 8 --
The New Puritanism 9 --
Patriarchy 10 --
White Privilege 11 --
Marriage and the Nuclear Family 12 --
The ¿American Ideal¿: ¿Looksism¿ and ¿Otherism¿ 13 --
Issues of Discrimination 14 --
Classism and Poverty 14 --
Institutional Discrimination 20 --
Conclusion: Values and Power 25 --
Study Questions 26 --
Suggested Exercises 27 --
Notes 27 --
<hr>Chapter Two --
The Institution of Social Welfare: An Overview 30 --
The Meaning of Social Institution 30 --
The Economy 31 --
The Polity 33 --
The Family and Religion 33 --
Social Welfare 34 --
Perspectives of Social Welfare 36 --
The Residual Perspective 37 --
The Institutional Perspective 38 --
Newer Perspectives in Social Welfare 40 --
The Scope of Social Welfare 44 --
Life Necessity Services: Overview 45 --
Educational, Recreational, or Rehabilitative Services: Overview 47 --
Protective or Custodial Services: Overview 49 --
Personal Social Services: Overview 50 --
The Profession of Social Work 50 --
The Emergence of the Profession 53 --
Conclusion: Social Work and Social Control 55 --
Study Questions 56 --
Suggested Exercise 57 --
Notes 58 --
<hr>Chapter Three --
The Beginnings of Social Welfare 60 --
Prehistory and Social Welfare to 6000 B.C.E. 61 --
The Beginnings of History: 6000¿1200 B.C.E. 63 --
Africa: Birthplace of Humankind 64 --
Mesopotamia in the Bronze Age: to 1200 B.C.E. 65 --
Invasion, Conquests, and Patriarchal Religion 66 --
The Israelite Influence 67 --
Moving in the Iron Age: 1200¿400 B.C.E. 70 --
The Dynasties of China 72 --
India and the Caste System 71 --
Greece Christianity, and the Roman Empire 73 --
Greece and the City¿States 73 --
Early Roman Society and the Beginnings of Christianity 77 --
Jesus and the New Religion 80 --
State and Church in Rome 82 --
Conclusion: Beginnings of Charity and Control 84 --
Study Questions 85 --
What to Know More? 86 --
Notes 86 --
<hr>Chapter Four --
Feudalism and the Welfare State 89 --
The Dark and Middle Ages 90 --
The Feudal Society 94 --
The Scientific Revolution 95 --
The Church and Social Welfare 97 --
Forms of Private Welfare 99 --
The Dissolution of Feudalism 100 --
The Black Death and the Witchcraze 101 --
The Commercial Revolution 105 --
The Protestant Reformation: New Meanings for Work and Welfare 106 --
Lutheranism, Calvinism, and the Work Ethic 106 --
Women Under Protestantism 107 --
Social Welfare and Work Morality 108 --
Social Welfare in England: The Tudor Period 110 --
The Elizabethan Poor Laws of 1601 111 --
Almhouses for the Impotent Poor 112 --
Dependent Children 113 --
Sturdy Beggars: The Able-Bodied Poor 113 --
Prisons 114 --
Overview of Social Welfare in England 115 --
The Industrial Revolution and the Emergence of Capitalism 116 --
The Emergence of Capitalism 116 --
The Industrial Revolution and the New Poor Law 118 --
Conclusion: Reifying the Values of the Past 120 --
Study Questions 121 --
Notes 122 --
<hr>Chapter Five --
Social Welfare Moves to the Americas 126 --
The Indigenous Peoples of America 129 --
The European Invasion of North America 131 --
The French in the New World 135 --
The Spanish in the New World 136 --
The Dutch in North America 138 --
The English in New England 139 --
Work in North America 141 --
The Practice of Indenture 141 --
Women in the Colonies 143 --
Social Welfare in the Colonies 146 --
Early American Poor Laws 146 --
Private Philanthropy 151 --
Slavery in the Americas 151 --
The Golden Triangle and the Triangular Trade 153 --
Toward the Revolution 155 --
Women in the Revolution 156 --
The New Nation and Its Constitution 157 --
Conclusion: Revolution to Status Quo 159 --
Study Questions 159 --
Want to Know More? 160 --
Notes 160 --
<hr>Chapter Six --
America to the Civil War 164 --
The First Civil Rights Movement 165 --
Immigration and Migration 166 --
Employment and Unionization 168 --
Private Philanthropy 170 --
Religions Answers to Poverty 170 --
Social Reform Ideals 171 --
The Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor 173 --
Special-Interest Charities 174 --
Government Responses 174 --
Outdoor Relief 178 --
Social Treatment in the 1800s 178 --
Medical Care and General Hospitals 178 --
Mental Hospitals and Psychiatry 180 --
Education 182 --
Care of Blind, Deaf, and Developmentally Disabled People 183 --
Social Control 184 --
Juvenile Justice System 184 --
Adult Criminals and Penitentiaries 185 --
Nonwhite Minorities: Expendable Commodities in the New Nation 186 --
Native Americans: A Case of Genocide 186 --
Chinese in America 189 --
The Constitutions of People of African Descent 190 --
Hispanic Americans 195 --
The Women¿s Movement in the 1800s 197 --
Conclusion: Working Toward Freedom 199 --
Study Questions 200 --
Suggested Exercise 201 --
Want to Know More? 201 --
Notes 201 --
<hr>Chapter Seven --
The American Welfare System Begins 205 --
The Civil War: A New Nation Emerges 207 --
Charity in the Civil War 209 --
After the Civil War 210 --
The Freedmen¿s Bureau 210 --
Services for Veterans 211 --
Postwar Political Economy 211 --
Labor and Unionization 212 --
Population, Immigration, and the People 214 --
White Immigration, African American Immigration 214 --
Asian Immigrants 215 --
Native Americans After the War 216 --
Emancipation and the Plight of the Freedmen 218 --
¿True Womanhood¿ 221 --
Emerging Philosophies and Social Welfare 224 --
Social Darwinism and the Charity Organization Society 225 --
Private Interest Agencies 228 --
Populism and the Settlement House Movement 229 --
Child-Saving 231 --
Public Welfare Efforts 234 --
Professionalism of Social Work 237 --
Conclusion: Moving Toward Reform 238 --
Study Questions 239 --
Want to Know More? 240 --
Notes 240 --
<hr>Chapter Eight --
The Progressive Era, War, and Recovery 244 --
The Progressive Era 245 --
Population Movements and Immigration 249 --
Immigration Acts 249 --
Oppression of African Americans and Native Americans 251 --
African American Leaders 252 --
Native Americans 255 --
Labor and the Unions 256 --
Women and Unions 256 --
Social Welfare in the Progressive Era 258 --
Reforms for Children 260 --
Medical and Psychiatric Social Work 264 --
Veterans¿ Welfare 266 --
Aid to Blind People and Aid to People with Disabilities 267 --
Old Age Assistance 267 --
Unemployment Insurance and Workers¿ Compensation 268 --
Juvenile and Criminal Justice 269 --
Women¿s Movements and Peace Protests 270 --
Suffrage 270 --
Women and Health 272 --
Abortion and Contraception 274 --
The Professionalization of Social Work 275 --
Conclusion: New Freedoms and Old Constraints 276 --
Study Questions 277 --
Suggested Exercise 278 --
Want to Know More? 278 --
Notes 279 --
<hr>Chapter Nine --
The Great Depression and Social Security for Americans 282 --
The Great Depression 284 --
Social Revolt and Temporary Relief 286 --
Roosevelt¿s Emergency Measures 287 --
Eleanor Roosevelt and Women in the New Deal 291 --
Social Insurance in the United States 292 --
Programs of Social Insurance Based on the Social Security Acts 295 --
Old Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) 295 --
Unemployment Compensation: Title III 296 --
Workers¿ Compensation: State Social Insurance 296 --
Public Assistance Programs of the Social Security Acts 297 --
Old Age Assistance (OAA) 298 --
Aid to the Blind (AB) and Aid to the Disabled (AD) 298 --
Aid to Dependent Children (ADD) 299 --
Maternal and Child Welfare Act: Title V 300 --
The Professionalization of Social Work 300 --
World War II 303 --
Internment of Japanese Americans 303 --
The War Years 304 --
The War and People of Minorities 306 --
Social Welfare Services: The War and After 309 --
Women After the War 310 --
The Resurgence of Social Work 312 --
Reorganizing Federal Social Welfare Efforts 314 --
The American Dream 314 --
Conclusion: Moving Toward the Future 315 --
Study Questions 316 --
Suggested Exercises 316 --
Want to Know More? 317 --
Notes 3137 --
<hr>Chapter Ten --
Civil and Welfare Rights in the New Reform Era 320 --
The State of the Nation Under Eisenhower 323 --
Social Programs in he 1950s 324 --
Social Insurance 324 --
Public Assistance 324 --
Civil Rights Before Kennedy 327 --
African Americans 328 --
Native Americans 330 --
Hispanic Americans 330 --
Chinese Americans 332 --
Civil Rights in the Kennedy¿Johnson Years 333 --
Johnson and the Great Society 334 --
The Civil Rights Act and Continued Protest 334 --
The Voting Right Act and New Legal Rights 340 --
Social Programs in the Kennedy¿Johnson Years 341 --
Kennedy¿s Social Security Administration 341 --
The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 343 --
Programs Amended Under Johnson 345 --
Other Kennedy¿Johnson Social Programs 348 --
Welfare, Civil Rights, and the Social Work Profession 350 --
Conclusion: Looking Back on the 1960s 352 --
Study Questions 353 --
Suggested Exercise 354 --
Want to Know More? 354 --
Notes 354 --
<hr>Chapter Eleven --
The Return to the Past 358 --
A Retreat from the Welfare State 359 --
Social Programs in the 1970s 361 --
Social Insurance 362 --
Public Assistance Programs 363 --
Other Social Welfare Programs 368 --
Food Stamps 368 --
Comprehensive Education and Training Act (CETA) 368 --
Education and Youth Programs 368 --
Housing 369 --
Juven.