Miss Cutler and the Case of the Resurrected Horse - Social Work Story of Poverty in America, Australia, Britain

Zusammenfassung Social workers produced thousands of case files about the poor during the interwar years. Analyzing almost two thousand such case files and traveling from Boston! Minneapolis! and Portland to London and Melbourne! this study examines how these stories of poverty were narrated and reshaped by ethnic diversity! economic crisis! and war.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Peel
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2011
• EAN: 9780226653631
• ISBN: 978-0-226-65363-1
• No. of pages: 344
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Historical Studies of Urban America; Historical Studies of Urban Am; Historical Studies of Urban America; Historical Studies of Urban America (CHUP)
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, European History, Australia, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, British & Irish history, Social welfare & social services, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Social welfare and social services, Australasian & Pacific history, History of the Americas, Australasian and Pacific history