From mutual aid to the welfare state : fraternal societies and social services, 1890-1967 / David Beito.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beito, David T., 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fraternal organizations--United States--History.

Fraternal organizations.

Fraternal insurance--United States--History.

Fraternal insurance.

Mutualism--United States--History.

Mutualism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

David Beito's book establishes the enormous impact of fraternal societies on the social lives and fiscal circumstances of millions of Americans between 1890 and 1967. In addition to creating vast social and mutual aid networks for the poor and the working class, fraternal organizations offered insurance policies to members and established hospitals, orphanages, and homes for the elderly.

Contents:

Cover Page; From Mutual Aid To The Welfare State; Copyright Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; TABLES; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TEXT; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE This Enormous Army; CHAPTER TWO Teaching Habits of Thrift and Economy; CHAPTER THREE Not as Gratuitous Charity; CHAPTER FOUR The Child City; CHAPTER FIVE From the Cradle to the Grave; CHAPTER SIX The Lodge Practice Evil Reconsidered; CHAPTER SEVEN It Almost Bled the System White; CHAPTER EIGHT It Substitutes Paternalism for Fraternalism; CHAPTER NINE Our Dreams Have All Come True

CHAPTER TEN Our Temple of Health CHAPTER ELEVEN The End of the Golden Age; CHAPTER TWELVE Vanishing Fraternalism?; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY: SOURCES ON FRATERNALISM AND RELATED TOPICS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-306) and index.

ISBN:

9798890871374

9780807860557

0807860557

OCLC:

476268359