Reviews for From Poor Law to Welfare State - Walto I. Trattner - Paperback - 2d ed

The average rating for From Poor Law to Welfare State - Walto I. Trattner - Paperback - 2d ed based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-08-22 00:00:00 Graham Wrigley I would certainly recommend this book to anyone who cares about welfare policy and its origins. It's written from a white male historical lens, I would recommend paring with addition welfare history texts that cover other perspectives. Trattner's history leaves out much of women's roles in welfare creation and civil rights issues.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-12-14 00:00:00 Potvin Patrick Excellent overview of what can sometimes seem a dry topic, very thorough outline of developments in the US. I read an older edition which stopped in the late 80s, so would be interesting to read more recent chapters at a later date.