The Military Origins of Federal Social Welfare Programs: Early British and Colonial American Precedents

Abstract

This dissertation is a descriptive interpretation of historical documents concerning the evolution of governmental social welfare services to soldiers. The term 'soldiers' and 'army' also include 'sailors' and 'navy' in this dissertation and their families in sixteenth century England and colonial and Revolutionary War America. Governmental services refers to specific program which were codified into law by parliament in England and by colonial (or provincial) and, later, federal governments in America.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA218289

Entities

People

  • William G. Black Jr.

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Employment
  • Families (Human)
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Law
  • Lepidoptera
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Training
  • National Governments
  • New England
  • North America
  • Personnel Management
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.