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Autore |
Katz Michael B. <1939-> |
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Titolo |
The undeserving poor : America's enduring confrontation with poverty / / by Michael B. Katz |
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Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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ISBN |
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Edizione |
[Second edition /] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (352 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Poor - United States |
Poverty - United States |
Discrimination - United States |
Economic assistance, Domestic - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The undeserving poor: morals, culture and biology -- Poverty and the politics of liberation -- Intellectual foundations of the war on poverty and great society -- Interpretations of poverty in the conservative ascendance -- The rise and fall of the "underclass" -- Epilogue : what kind of a problem is poverty?. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'The Undeserving Poor' is a history of the ideas that underlie America's enduring confrontation with poverty. The book shows that poverty remains a national disgrace in part because of the way we define and think about it - which, in turn, shapes the energy we put, or don't put, into its eradication. |
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