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Schmitt Edward R. <1970-> |
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President of the other America : Robert Kennedy and the politics of poverty / / Edward R. Schmitt |
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Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2010 |
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©2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (ix, 324 p., [8] p. of plates ) : ill. ; |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Poverty - United States - History - 20th century |
Presidents - United States - Election - 1968 |
United States Social conditions 1960-1980 |
United States Social policy 20th century |
United States Politics and government 1969-1974 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-311) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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From the New Deal to the new frontier : postwar prosperity, poverty, and the Kennedys -- At the fulcrum of the movement : deciding time -- Poverty and justice : defining a federal role -- Troubles and trials : from Dallas to Watts -- The education of a senator : seeking a "greater society" -- "Born in a storm" : the Bedford-Stuyvesant experiment -- "It became his issue" : fighting for the war on poverty -- "You can't deny these people the presidency" : the 1968 campaign. |
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