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Poverty in America [[electronic resource] ] : an encyclopedia / / Russell M. Lawson and Benjamin A. Lawson



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Autore: Lawson Russell M. <1957-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Poverty in America [[electronic resource] ] : an encyclopedia / / Russell M. Lawson and Benjamin A. Lawson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (262 p.)
Disciplina: 305.5/69097303
Soggetto topico: Poverty - United States
Poor - United States
Public welfare - United States
Soggetto geografico: United States Social policy Encyclopedias
United States Social conditions Encyclopedias
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: LawsonBenjamin A  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-222) and index.
Nota di contenuto: List of entries -- Guide to related topics -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chronology -- Alphabetical entries -- Documents in the history of American poverty -- Bibliography -- Index.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 i
Titolo autorizzato: Poverty in America  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-66287-2
9786613822949
0-313-35023-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910454914003321
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