Author: Priscilla Ferguson Clement

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780838632161

The changes in the relative importance of humanitarianism, social control, and economy in the Philadelphia welfare system from 1800 to 1854 are examined by the author in regard to the management of public outdoor relief, indoor aid in the Alms-house, public and private assistance to needy children, and private charitable aid to impoverished adults.