A Social Study of Pittsburgh : : Community Problems and Social Services of Allegheny County / / Philip Klein.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Klein, Philip,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1938]; ©1938
• Year of Publication: 1938
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (960 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Sponsors′ Foreword --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Tables --; Figures --; Illustrations --; Part One. Social and Economic Background --; I. Scope and Perspectives --; II. Allegheny County as a Place in Which to Live --; III. The Chances for a Living in Allegheny County --; IV. Social Legislation and Labor Organization --; V. Physical Conditions of Life --; VI. Racial and Ethnic Stratification --; VII. Social Attitudes, Public Opinion, and Pressure Groups --; VIII. An Example of Progress: The Pittsburgh Public Schools --; Part Two. Social Services and Health Services for Allegheny County --; IX. A Panoramic Summary of Social Work in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County --; X. Cost and Support of Social Work --; XI. Planning and Coordination of Social Work --; XII. The Personnel of Social Agencies and Facilities for Professional Training --; XIII. Relief and Social Case Work --; XIV. Problems and Practices of Relief --; XV. Proposed Agency Structure and Policies for Economic Relief --; XVI. Social Case Work or Personal Adjustment --; XVII. Social Work for Children --; XVIII. Organized Care of the Sick --; XIX. Public Health Administration --; XX. Leisure Time Activities --; XXI. Epilogue --; Appendices --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231877251; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/klei90140
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Philip Klein.

A social work survey, examining the agencies and institutions that provide social and health services. This report also includes an interpretation of the social and economic life of the community of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.