LEADER 02743oam 2200661 a 450 001 9910966513503321 005 20250204113206.0 010 $a9798400699634 010 $a9786613822949 010 $a9781282662872 010 $a1282662872 010 $a9780313350238 010 $a031335023X 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400699634 035 $a(OCoLC)416229363 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL2MBM 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC494837 035 $a(CKB)1000000000821322 035 $a(OCoLC)1328787660 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400699634BC 035 $a(MiFhGG)9780313350238 035 $a(Perlego)4168663 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 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cGreenwood Press,$d2008. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing (UK),$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (xxvi, 233 pages) 225 0 $aGale eBooks 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780313333989 311 08$a031333398X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aList of entries -- Guide to related topics -- Preface -- Introduction: American poverty -- Chronology -- Alphabetical entries -- Documents in the history of American poverty. 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-$01804497 701 $aLawson$b Benjamin A$01804498 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966513503321 996 $aPoverty in America$94352563 997 $aUNINA