Building the Invisible Orphanage: A Prehistory of the American Welfare System

by Matthew A. Crenson

Book Overview

In 1996, America abolished its long-standing welfare system in favor of a new and largely untried public assistance program. Welfare as we knew it arose in turn from a previous generation's rejection of an even earlier system of aid. That generation introduced welfare in order to eliminate orphanages.

This book examines the connection between the decline of the orphanage and the rise of welfare. Matthew Crenson argues that the prehistory...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674005546
• ISBN13: 9780674005549
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 9.0"