Trends in Social Work as Reflected in the Proceedings of the National Conference of Social Work 1874–1946 /

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

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.

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (388 p.)
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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

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