1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452124603321

Autore

Lindsey Duncan

Titolo

The Welfare of Children [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003

ISBN

1-281-34682-9

9786611346829

0-19-803125-4

1-4237-4191-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (468 p.)

Disciplina

362.7

362.7/0973

Soggetti

Child abuse -- North America -- Prevention -- Finance

Child abuse -- United States -- Prevention -- Finance

Child abuse

Child welfare -- North America -- History

Child welfare -- United States -- History

Child welfare

Child welfare - History - United States

Child welfare - History - North America

Child abuse - Finance - Prevention - United States

Child abuse - Finance - Prevention - North America

Social Welfare & Social Work - General

Social Welfare & Social Work

Social Sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Part I: The Child Welfare System; Part II: Ending Child Poverty; Closing; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

According to the United Nations' latest data, the United States has more children living in poverty than any other industrialized nation in the world. More than a fifth of all children grow up in poverty. The poverty



rates for African-American and Latino children often exceeds 40 percent. Furthermore, the United States--a country that once pioneered strategies to prevent child abuse and that now spends more money fighting child abuse than any other industrialized country--also has the highest rate of child abuse in the industrialized world. Against this background, Duncan Lindsey, a leading au

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453879803321

Autore

Lytle Mark H.

Titolo

America's uncivil wars : the sixties era : from Elvis to the fall of Richard Nixon / / Mark Hamilton Lytle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2006]

ISBN

0-19-029184-2

9786610844890

1-280-84489-2

0-19-803901-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 416 pages : illustrations)

Disciplina

973.923

Soggetti

Nineteen sixties

Electronic books.

United States History 1953-1961

United States History 1961-1969

United States History 1969-

United States Social conditions 1960-1980

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 380-392) and index.