Charity and Correction in New Jersey
| Author | : James Leiby |
| Publisher | : New Brunswick, N.J : Rutgers University Press |
| Total Pages | : 532 |
| Release | : 1967 |
| ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105044304421 |
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| Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Charity and Correction in New Jersey by : James Leiby
Download or read book Charity and Correction in New Jersey written by James Leiby and published by New Brunswick, N.J : Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This major contribution to social welfare history is unique both in scope and in method. From colonial beginnings, it traces the development of poor law and state welfare institutions in a matrix of local and voluntary efforts, and it shows how nineteenth-century ideas about "charity and corrections" were transformed into twentieth-century public welfare"--Jacket.
