POVERTY AND DEPENDENCY

THE CENTURY SOCIAL SCIENCE SERIES

EDITED BY

EDWARD ALSWORTH ROSS

University of Wisconsin

*PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY, By EDWARD A. Ross, University of Wisconsin.

*FIELD WORK AND SOCIAL RESEARCH, By F. STUART CHAPIN, University of Minnesota.

*POVERTY AND DEPENDENCY, By JOHN L. GILLIN, University of Wisconsin.

*ORGANIZING THE COMMUNITY, By BESSIE A. MCCLENAHAN, School of Social Science, St. Louis, Mo.

*EDUCATIONAL SOCIOLOGY, By DAVID SNEDDEN, Columbia University.

*SOCIOLOGY FOR TEACHERS, BY DAVID SNEDDEN, Columbia University.

*EDUCATIONAL APPLICATIONS OF SOCIOLOGY, By DAVID SNEDDEN, Columbia University.

*THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL THEORY, By J. P.
Lichtenberger, University of Pennsylvania.

*FUNDAMENTALS OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, By EMORY
S. BOGARDUS, University of Southern California.
*OUTLINES OF SOCIOLOGY, By Edward A. Ross, University
of Wisconsin.

PRINCIPLES OF CHILD WELFARE, By EMMA O. Lundberg
and KATHERINE F. LENROOT, both of the United States
Department of Labor, Children's Bureau.

LABOR PROBLEMS, By H. A. MILLIS, University of Chicago.
COMMUNITY PROBLEMS, By A. E. WOOD, University of
Michigan.

AN OUTLINE OF THE THEORY OF SOCIAL EVOLU-
TION, By F. STUART CHAPIN, University of Minnesota.
ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF COM-

MUNITY SOCIAL WORK AGENCIES, By R. J. COL-
BERT, Formerly at Tulane University.

SOCIAL STATISTICS, By G. R. DAVIES, University of North

Dakota.

CRIMINOLOGY, By JOHN L. GILLIN, University of Wis-
consin.

URBAN SOCIOLOGY, By HOWARD WOOLSTON, University of
Washington.

CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL THEORY, BY HARRY E. Barnes,
Smith College.

RURAL SOCIOLOGY, By GEORGE H. VON TUNGELN, Iowa
State College.

PROBLEMS OF THE FAMILY, By WILLYSTINE GOODSELL,
Columbia University.

SEX SOCIOLOGY, By EDWARD A. Ross, University of Wis-
consin, and JANE I. NEWELL, Wellesley College.

* Published.

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POVERTY AND DEPENDENCY

THEIR RELIEF AND PREVENTION

BY

JOHN LEWIS GILLIN, PH.D.

PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN,
AUTHOR OF "A HISTORY OF POOR RELIEF LEGISLATION
IN IOWA," "WHOLESOME CITIZENS AND

SPARE TIME," AND JOINT AUTHOR OF
"OUTLINES OF SOCIOLOGY"

NEW YORK

THE CENTURY CO.

1925