A New History of Social Welfare

by Phyllis J. Day

The textbook explores the earliest forces for both the social treatment and social control aspects of social welfare. It emphasizes the voices of subjects, recipients, and clients, and most especially women, non-white people, and other groups oppressed by social institutions. Earlier editions appear

Genres: Social Work, History, Nonfiction

500 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1988

Reviews

[Shane Noble · Rating 4 out of 5]

A solid, if depressing, overview of social work. It doesn't go into a lot of detail, but many references are provided for further reading. It's sad how treating the poor, disadvantaged, minorities, and women is as old as humans have been around.

[Heather · Rating 2 out of 5]

an interesting read. take her with a grain of salt. she tends to make sweeping generalizations a lot.