| Description |
1 online resource (xxxvii, 524 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Social issues primary sources collection |
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Gale eBooks
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Social issues primary sources collection.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Advisors and contributors -- Acknowledgements -- About the set -- Introduction -- About the entry -- Using primary sources -- Chronology -- Shaping social policy: governments, organizations, the international community and the individual -- Social policy before 1878 -- The gilded age and the progressive era -- The great depression and the new deal -- World War II and post-war social policy -- The great society -- Current issues in social policy: healthcare, housing, welfare, and social security -- Current issues in social policy: education and employment -- Sources consulted -- Index. |
| Summary |
A collection of primary source documents that focus on leading social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. International in scope, each title is devoted to one topic. |
| Subject |
United States -- Social policy -- Sources.
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| Added Author |
Lerner, K. Lee, editor.
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Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth, editor.
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Lerner, Adrienne Wilmoth, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Social policy : essential primary sources. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2006 9781414403281 |
| ISBN |
9781414412641 (electronic book) |
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1414412649 (electronic book) |
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9781414403281 (alk. paper) |
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1414403283 (alk. paper) |
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