The Whig interpretation of social welfare history∗

This paper was presented by invitation to a group of social policy faculty from New York area schools of social work meeting at the Fordham University School of Social Service, March 14, 1973. The author is grateful to Professor Victoria Olds for the invitation, to the students of SSW/701 at Hunter College School of Social Work who wrestled with him over earlier versions of the argument presented here, and to Professor David Rothman of Columbia University.

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This paper was presented by invitation to a group of social policy faculty from New York area schools of social work meeting at the Fordham University School of Social Service, March 14, 1973. The author is grateful to Professor Victoria Olds for the invitation, to the students of SSW/701 at Hunter College School of Social Work who wrestled with him over earlier versions of the argument presented here, and to Professor David Rothman of Columbia University.

Associate Professor of History, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York City; Adjunct Associate Professor, Hunter College School of Social Work. With a Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University, Mr. Gettleman specializes in the history of American radicalism and reform. His Dorr Rebellion: A Study in American Radicalism, 1833–1849 will be published by Random House in the spring. Professor Gettleman has been awarded an National Endowment for the Humanities postdoctoral Fellowship for 1973–1974.