Clarke A Chambers

Biographic Data

ID679913
NAMEClarke A Chambers
GIVEN NAMESClarke A
FAMILY NAMEChambers
SIGNATURECHAMBERS C A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Minnesota System
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS38
TOTAL CITATIONS67
AUTHOR COUNT38
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1952
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1992
H-INDEX4

  • Uphill All the Way: Reflections on the Course and Study of Welfare History: The Social Service Review Lecture

    Clarke A ChambersARTICLESocial Service Review1992Cited by: 2

    Welfare history has not generally been recognized as an identifiable field of study, in part owing to problems of documentation and method. Historians of welfare, moreover, have tended to neglect important themes: the impact of policies and programs on the lives of recipients, for example; the role of family and informal systems in providing assistance to persons in need; and the importance of self-help agencies in providing human services. Polic…

  • The Paradox of Professionalism: Reform and Public Service in Urban America, 1900-1940

    Clarke A Chambers, Don S KirschnerARTICLEThe American Historical Review1987

  • Varieties of Welfare History

    Clarke A Chambers, W Andrew Achenbaum et al.ARTICLEReviews in American History1987

  • In the Shadow of the Poorhouse: A Social History of Welfare in America

    Clarke A ChambersREVIEWJournal of American History1987

  • Women in the Creation of the Profession of Social Work

    Clarke A ChambersARTICLESocial Service Review1986Cited by: 23

    Although men exerted predominant authority in developing other professions, in its formative years social work was led by a coalition in which women and men, at every level of practice, played roles of equal power and significance. Ideology regarding appropriate roles for women and men, as providers and consumers of social services, reflected complex perceptions and principles. Social work was moved both to protect and to empower its clients. It …

  • Toward a Redefinition of Welfare History

    Clarke A ChambersARTICLEJournal of American History1986Cited by: 5

    Journal Article Toward a Redefinition of Welfare History Get access Clarke A. Chambers Clarke A. Chambers professor of history, adjunct professor of social work, and director of the Social Welfare History Archives University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 73, Issue 2, September 1986, Pages 407–433, https://doi.org/10.2307/1908228 Published: 01 …

  • Farm Workers, Agribusiness, and the State

    Clarke A Chambers, Linda C Majka et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1983

    Journal Article Farm Workers, Agribusiness, and the State. By Linda C. Majka and Theo J. Majka. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1982. xi + 346 pp. Map, notes, bibliography, and index. $24.95.) Get access Clarke A. Chambers Clarke A. Chambers University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 70, Issue 3, December 1983, Pages 705–706, https://doi…

  • Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How they Fail

    Clarke A Chambers, Richard A ClowardREVIEWThe American Historical Review1978

  • Another Part of the Twenties

    Clarke A Chambers, Paul A CarterARTICLEJournal of American History1978

    Journal Article Another Part of the Twenties. By Paul A. Carter. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1977. xiii + 229 pp. Sources and index. $9.95.) Get access Clarke A. Chambers Clarke A. Chambers University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 64, Issue 4, March 1978, Pages 1158–1159, https://doi.org/10.2307/1890822 Published: 01 March 1978

  • Books reviewed

    Irwin Yellowitz, Joseph R Starobin et al.ARTICLELabor History1977

    The Communist Party in Canada. By Ivan Avakumovic. Toronto: McClellan & Steward Ltd, 1975. 275 pp. $5.95, paper. Sozialismus in der Propaganda: Das Werben der “Völkischen Beobachter” um die österreichische Arbeiterschaft 1938/1939. By Robert Schwartz. “Materialien zur Arbeiterbewegung,” no. 2. Vienna, 1975. 159 pp. The Town Labourer and the Industrial Revolution. By Malcolm I. Thomis. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1975. 247 pp. $11.00. Economics an…

  • Children and Youth in America: A Documentary History. Vol. III: 1933-1973

    Clarke A Chambers, Robert H Bremner et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1975

    Journal Article Children and Youth in America: A Documentary History. Vol. III: 1933–1973. Ed. by Robert H. Bremner, John Barnard, Tamara K. Hareven, and Robert K. Mennel. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1974. Parts One Through Four: xvii + 1002 pp. Illustrations, tables, and notes. Parts Five through Seven: vii + 1036 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, selected bibliography, and index. $40.00.) Get access Clarke A. Chambers Clarke A.…

  • The Advance of American Cooperative Enterprise: 1920-1945

    Clarke A Chambers, Joseph G KnappARTICLEThe American Historical Review1974

  • Justice or Welfare? Variations on the Progressive Theme

    Jill Ker Conway, Clarke A Chambers et al.ARTICLEReviews in American History1973

  • Children and Youth in America: A Documentary History

    Clarke A Chambers, Tamara K Hareven et al.REVIEWJournal of American History1972

    Journal Article Children and Youth in America: A Documentary History. Two volumes. Ed. by Robert H. Bremner, John Barnard, Tamara K. Hareven, and Robert M. Mennel. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970–1971. Vol. I: 1600–1865. xi + 836 pp. Illustrations, tables, appendix, selected bibliography, and index. Vol. II {in two parts}: 1866–1932. xv + 1546 pp. Illustrations, chart, tables, selected bibliography, and index. $30.00 the set.) Get acce…

  • Launching Social Security: A Capture-and-Record Account 1935-1937

    Clarke A Chambers, Charles Mckinley et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1972Cited by: 1

    Journal Article Launching Social Security: A Capture-and-Record Account 1935-1937. By Charles McKinley and Robert W. Frase. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1970. xxiv + 519 pp. Charts, tables, notes, and index. $12.95.) Get access Clarke A. Chambers Clarke A. Chambers University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 59, Issue 1, June 1972, Pages 208–209, …

  • Paul U. Kellogg and the Survey: Voices for Social Welfare and Social Justice

    Roy Lubove, Clarke A ChambersARTICLEJournal of American History1972

    Journal Article Paul U. Kellogg and the Survey: Voices for Social Welfare and Social Justice. By Clarke A. Chambers. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1971. xii + 283 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographic note, and index. $10.00.) Get access Roy Lubove Roy Lubove University of Pittsburgh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 59, Issue 2, September 1972, Pages 449–…

  • The Progressive Era in Minnesota, 1899-1918

    Clarke A Chambers, Carl H ChrislockARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1972

    The Progressive Era in Minnesota, 1899–1918 Get access The Progressive Era in Minnesota, 1899–1918. By Chrislock Carl H.. (Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1971. xii, 242 p. Illustrations, reference notes, index. $7.50.) Clarke A. Chambers Clarke A. Chambers University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 3, Issue 4, October 1972, Pages 432–433, https:/…

  • Change and Continuity in Twentieth-Century America: The 1920's

    Clarke A Chambers, John Braeman et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1969

    Journal Article Change and Continuity in Twentieth-Century America: The 1920's. Ed. by John Braeman, Robert H. Bremner, and David Brody. (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1968. ix + 456 pp. Tables, notes, selected bibliography, and index. $7.50.) Get access Clarke A. Chambers Clarke A. Chambers University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 56, Issue 2, Se…

  • Unemployment Insurance: The American Experience, 1915-1935

    Clarke A Chambers, Daniel NelsonARTICLEJournal of American History1969

    Journal Article Unemployment Insurance: The American Experience, 1915–1935. By Daniel Nelson. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1969. ix + 305 pp. Illustrations, notes, appendixes, bibliographical note, and index. $10.00.) Get access Clarke A. Chambers Clarke A. Chambers University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 56, Issue 3, December 1969, Pages 703–…

  • Seedtime of Reform

    Clarke A ChambersBOOKSeedtime of Reform1967Cited by: 27

  • Graham Taylor: Pioneer for Social Justice, 1851-1938 . Louise C. Wade

    Clarke A ChambersARTICLESocial Service Review1965

  • Eugenics: Hereditarian Attitudes in American Thought . Mark H. Haller

    Clarke A ChambersARTICLESocial Service Review1964

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940

    Clarke A ChambersREVIEWThe Journal of Southern History1964

  • Seedtime of Reform: American Social Service and Social Action, 1918-1933

    Robert H Bremner, Clarke A ChambersARTICLEIndustrial and Labor Relations…1964

  • Seedtime of Reform: American Social Service and Social Action, 1918-1933

    Open AccessWalter I Trattner, Clarke A ChambersARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1964Cited by: 5