Trends in Social Work as Reflected in the Proceedings of the National Conference of Social Work 1874–1946 / / Frank J. Bruno.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Bruno, Frank J.,
• MitwirkendeR: Harrison, Shelby M.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1948]; ©1948
• Year of Publication: 1948
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (388 p.)

Examines the field of Social Work in three chronological times each spanning approximately twenty-five years to note the growth and change in the field. This report was presented during the proceedings of the National Conference of Social Work.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- First Period. 1874–1898 -- 1. Beginnings -- 2. The Founding Fathers -- 3. The World in Which the Conference Was Born -- 4. State Boards to 1900 -- 5. Concern of the Conference with the Insane and the Feeble-Minded -- 6. The Protection of Children -- 7. The English Poor Law in America -- 8. Concern of the Conference with the Delinquent -- 9. Personnel in Public Service -- 10. Charity Becomes Organized -- 11. The Conscience of America -- 12. Migration, Immigration and Transiency -- Second Period. 1898–1924 -- 13. The Universities and the Social Services -- 14. Toward a Professional Association -- 15. The United States Children’s Bureau -- 16. Child Labor -- 17. The Juvenile Court -- 18. Mothers’ Pensions -- 19. The Recognition of Social Casework -- 20. The Council of Social Agencies -- 21. The Community Chest -- 22. Public Relief Becomes Public Welfare -- 23. Children’s Codes -- 24. Concern of the Conference with Reform -- 25. The First World War -- Third Period. 1924–1946 -- 26. Concern of the Conference with Health -- 27. Social Insurance -- 28. Social Group Work -- 29. The Evolution of Social Casework -- 30. The Joint Committee on Methods of Preventing Delinquency -- 31. Unemployment and the Care of the Unemployed, 1921–33 -- 32. Social Security -- 33. Transients, Immigrants and Refugees -- 34. America’s Minority Groups -- 35. Social Reform, 1924–46 -- 36. The National Conference of Social Work -- Index