This book was born of the author’s surprise and excitement at the sheer volume of academic work on poverty and social welfare being reported at sociological c

Over twenty-five years and through five editions, Walter I. Trattner's From Poor Law to Welfare State has served as the standard text on the history of welfare

This book attributes American poverty to consequences 19th Century social welfare policies within an economy stretching to meet its 21st Century economic potent

Including education has profound consequences, undergirding the case for the productivity of welfare state programs and the explanation for why all rich nations