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Welfare politics in Boston, 1910-1940 / Susan Traverso.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Traverso, Susan, 1959-
- Series:
- Political development of the American nation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public welfare--Massachusetts--Boston--History.
- Public welfare.
- History.
- Boston (Mass.)--Social conditions.
- Boston (Mass.).
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 164 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2003]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Placing Welfare History in Boston 1
- 1 Boston's Charity System 13
- 2 Mother's Aid, 1910-1919 27
- 3 Politics and Public Welfare, 1920-1929 52
- 4 Private Charities, 1920-1929 72
- 5 The Thirties 90
- Conclusion: Placing Boston in Social Policy Theories 117.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-158) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1558493786
- OCLC:
- 50693603
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