02743oam 2200661 a 450 991096651350332120250204113206.097984006996349786613822949978128266287212826628729780313350238031335023X10.5040/9798400699634(OCoLC)416229363(MiFhGG)GVRL2MBM(MiAaPQ)EBC494837(CKB)1000000000821322(OCoLC)1328787660(DLC)BP9798400699634BC(MiFhGG)9780313350238(Perlego)4168663(EXLCZ)99100000000082132220080305d2008 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrPoverty in America an encyclopedia /Russell M. Lawson and Benjamin A. Lawson1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Greenwood Press,2008.London :Bloomsbury Publishing (UK),20241 online resource (xxvi, 233 pages)Gale eBooksDescription based upon print version of record.9780313333989 031333398X Includes bibliographical references and index.List of entries -- Guide to related topics -- Preface -- Introduction: American poverty -- Chronology -- Alphabetical entries -- Documents in the history of American poverty.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 iPovertyUnited StatesEncyclopediasPoorUnited StatesEncyclopediasPublic welfareUnited StatesEncyclopediasUnited StatesSocial policyEncyclopediasUnited StatesSocial conditionsEncyclopediasPovertyPoorPublic welfare305.5/69097303Lawson Russell M.1957-1804497Lawson Benjamin A1804498DLCDLCBOOK9910966513503321Poverty in America4352563UNINA