First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A useful work filled with clear graphics and concise articles...This resource will be helpful to students doing research. -- School Library Journal

Sandra Opdycke is Adjunct Professor of Urban Studies at Vassar College and Associate Director of the Fordham Institute for Innovation in Social Policy. She is the author of No One Was Turned Away: The Role of Public Hospitals in New York City since 1900, and the co-author of American Social Welfare Policy: Reassessment and Reform.