Theda Skocpol is Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University. Her previous works include the prize-winning States and Social Revolutions.

A monumental study that will likely become a classic in the history of the modern welfare state.

• * Introduction: Understanding the Origins of Modern Social Provision in the United States * Part I: A Precocious Social Spending Regime *1. Patronage Democracy and Distributive Public Policies in the Nineteenth Century *2. Public Aid for the Worthy Many: The Expansion of Benefits for Veterans of the Civil War * Part II: The Failure of a Paternalist Welfare State *3. Reformist Professionals as Advocates of Workingmen's Insurance *4. Help for the "Army of Labor"? Trade Unions and Social Legislation *5. Progressive Era Politics and the Defeat of Social Policies for Workingmen and the Elderly * Part III: Foundations for a Maternalist Welfare State? *6. Expanding the Separate Sphere: Women's Civic Action and Political Reforms in the Early Twentieth Century *7. Safeguarding the "Mothers of the Race": Protective Legislation for Women Workers *8. An Unusual Victory for Public Benefits: The "Wildfire Spread" of Mothers' Pensions *9. Statebuilding for Mothers and Babies: The Children's Bureau and the Sheppard-Towner Act * Conclusion: America's First Modern Social Policies and Their Legacies * Appendix 1: Percentages of the Elderly in the States and the District of Columbia Receiving Civil War Pensions in 1910 * Appendix 2: Endorsements of Mothers' Pensions by Women's Groups: Sources for Table 9 and Figure 27 * Notes * Index

Theda Skocpol is Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University. Her previous works include the prize-winning States and Social Revolutions.

A monumental study that will likely become a classic in the history of the modern welfare state.

• * Introduction: Understanding the Origins of Modern Social Provision in the United States * Part I: A Precocious Social Spending Regime *1. Patronage Democracy and Distributive Public Policies in the Nineteenth Century *2. Public Aid for the Worthy Many: The Expansion of Benefits for Veterans of the Civil War * Part II: The Failure of a Paternalist Welfare State *3. Reformist Professionals as Advocates of Workingmen's Insurance *4. Help for the "Army of Labor"? Trade Unions and Social Legislation *5. Progressive Era Politics and the Defeat of Social Policies for Workingmen and the Elderly * Part III: Foundations for a Maternalist Welfare State? *6. Expanding the Separate Sphere: Women's Civic Action and Political Reforms in the Early Twentieth Century *7. Safeguarding the "Mothers of the Race": Protective Legislation for Women Workers *8. An Unusual Victory for Public Benefits: The "Wildfire Spread" of Mothers' Pensions *9. Statebuilding for Mothers and Babies: The Children's Bureau and the Sheppard-Towner Act * Conclusion: America's First Modern Social Policies and Their Legacies * Appendix 1: Percentages of the Elderly in the States and the District of Columbia Receiving Civil War Pensions in 1910 * Appendix 2: Endorsements of Mothers' Pensions by Women's Groups: Sources for Table 9 and Figure 27 * Notes * Index

Theda Skocpol is Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University. Her previous works include the prize-winning States and Social Revolutions.

A monumental study that will likely become a classic in the history of the modern welfare state.

• * Introduction: Understanding the Origins of Modern Social Provision in the United States * Part I: A Precocious Social Spending Regime *1. Patronage Democracy and Distributive Public Policies in the Nineteenth Century *2. Public Aid for the Worthy Many: The Expansion of Benefits for Veterans of the Civil War * Part II: The Failure of a Paternalist Welfare State *3. Reformist Professionals as Advocates of Workingmen's Insurance *4. Help for the "Army of Labor"? Trade Unions and Social Legislation *5. Progressive Era Politics and the Defeat of Social Policies for Workingmen and the Elderly * Part III: Foundations for a Maternalist Welfare State? *6. Expanding the Separate Sphere: Women's Civic Action and Political Reforms in the Early Twentieth Century *7. Safeguarding the "Mothers of the Race": Protective Legislation for Women Workers *8. An Unusual Victory for Public Benefits: The "Wildfire Spread" of Mothers' Pensions *9. Statebuilding for Mothers and Babies: The Children's Bureau and the Sheppard-Towner Act * Conclusion: America's First Modern Social Policies and Their Legacies * Appendix 1: Percentages of the Elderly in the States and the District of Columbia Receiving Civil War Pensions in 1910 * Appendix 2: Endorsements of Mothers' Pensions by Women's Groups: Sources for Table 9 and Figure 27 * Notes * Index