LEADER 02373oam 2200517 450 001 9910820247603321 005 20170523091548.0 010 $a1-282-66287-2 010 $a9786613822949 010 $a0-313-35023-X 035 $a(OCoLC)416229363 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL2MBM 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000821322 100 $a20080305d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPoverty in America $ean encyclopedia /$fRussell M. Lawson and Benjamin A. Lawson 210 $aWestport, Conn. $cGreenwood Press$d2008 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cGreenwood Press,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (xxvi, 233 pages) 225 0 $aGale eBooks 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-313-33398-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-222) and index. 327 $aList of entries -- Guide to related topics -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chronology -- Alphabetical entries -- Documents in the history of American poverty -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aHow 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 606 $aPoverty$zUnited States$vEncyclopedias 606 $aPoor$zUnited States$vEncyclopedias 606 $aPublic welfare$zUnited States$vEncyclopedias 607 $aUnited States$xSocial policy$vEncyclopedias 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$vEncyclopedias 615 0$aPoverty 615 0$aPoor 615 0$aPublic welfare 676 $a305.5/69097303 700 $aLawson$b Russell M.$f1957-$01644256 702 $aLawson$b Benjamin A. 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820247603321 996 $aPoverty in America$93990009 997 $aUNINA