ISBN:
031333398X
,
9780313333989
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxvi, 233 p)
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26 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Non-Series
Parallel Title:
Print version Poverty in America: An Encyclopedia
DDC:
305.5/69097303
Keywords:
Public welfare Encyclopedias
;
Poor Encyclopedias
;
Poverty Encyclopedias
;
Poverty -- United States -- Encyclopedias
;
Poor -- United States -- Encyclopedias
;
Public welfare -- United States -- Encyclopedias
;
United States -- Social policy -- Encyclopedias
;
United States -- Social conditions -- Encyclopedias
;
Poor ; United States ; Encyclopedias
;
Poverty ; United States ; Encyclopedias
;
Public welfare ; United States ; Encyclopedias
;
United States ; Social conditions ; Encyclopedias
;
United States ; Social policy ; Encyclopedias
;
Electronic books
;
United States Encyclopedias Social conditions
;
United States Encyclopedias Social policy
Abstract:
How has the U.S. dealt, throughout its long history, with one of the worlds oldest problems? Although poverty has always been part of the human experience, societal reactions and responses to it have been as varied as the condition has been static. Poverty in America has its own turbulent history of causes, effects, and remedies, from debtor's prison to the War on Poverty, from Social Darwinism to food stamps. This in-depth encyclopedia covers the entire history of American poverty from every angle-historical, social, cultural, political, spiritual, and literary. How has poverty been defined i
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; List of Entries; Guide to Related Topics; Preface; Introduction; Chronology; Alphabetical Entries; Documents in the History of American Poverty; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-222) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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