| Enriched by Catastrophe: Social Work and Social Conflict After the Halifax Explosion Contributor(s): Boyd, Michelle Hebert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1552662276 ISBN-13: 9781552662274 Publisher: Fernwood Publishing OUR PRICE: $17.77 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2007 Annotation: Focusing on the days and months following the Halifax explosion of 1917, this study takes a look at the role of social workers in the wake of the disaster, as well as the class relations of the time. Exhaustively researched, this history clearly identifies the direct correlation between many of today's inherited social-work practices and attitudes with the social climate of that early relief effort. Marking the transition from charity work--where traditionally well-off volunteers passed judgment on their poorer neighbors--to professional social care, this analysis reflects on the lessons learned when newly arrived workers had to navigate the prevailing class structures while attempting to rebuild the lives of the Haligonians. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) - Social Science | Social Work - Social Science | Sociology - Urban |
| Dewey: 361.309 |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 6.25" W x 8.91" (0.35 lbs) 134 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Geographic Orientation - Nova Scotia - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 |