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

Trattner provides in-depth examination of developments in child welfare, public health, and the evolution of social work as a profession, showing how all these

Walter I. Trattner is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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