Contents
Part I. The Preventive Impulse, 1900-1930
1. Snapshots of the Poor
2. The Gospel of Prevention, Progressive Style
Part II. Coping and Rehabilitation, 1930-1960
3. The Poor in the Depression
4. The Early Welfare State
5. Withering Away
Part III. Doors to Opportunity, 1960-1965
6. The Rediscovery of Poverty
7. A Culture of Poverty?
8. Girding for War on Poverty
9. OEO: A Hand Up, Not a Handout
Part IV. The Unsung Revolution, 1965-1973
10. The Revolution in Social Welfare
11. The Welfare Explosion
12. Floors and Doors
13. Stalemate
14. Regression in the Early 1980s
15. Welfare Reform: No Consensus
16. The Amazing 1990s
Notes
Resources
Index