The Poor Belong to Us: Catholic Charities and American Welfare

by Dorothy M. Brown and Elizabeth McKeown

Book Overview

Between the Civil War and World War II, Catholic charities evolved from volunteer and local origins into a centralized and professionally trained workforce that played a prominent role in the development of American welfare. Dorothy Brown and Elizabeth McKeown document the extraordinary efforts of Catholic volunteers to care for Catholic families and resist Protestant and state intrusions at the local level, and they show how these initiatives provided...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674689739
• ISBN13: 9780674689732
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"