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Subject(s)

• Poverty—United States—Encyclopedias [Browse]
• Poor—United States—Encyclopedias [Browse]
• Public welfare—United States—Encyclopedias [Browse]
• United States—Social policy—Encyclopedias [Browse]
• United States—Social conditions—Encyclopedias [Browse]

Related name

• Lawson, Benjamin A. [Browse]

Series

Gale eBooks

Summary note

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

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Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• List of entries
• Guide to related topics
• Preface
• Introduction: American poverty
• Chronology
• Alphabetical entries
• Documents in the history of American poverty.

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ISBN

• 979-84-00-69963-4
• 1-282-66287-2
• 9786613822949
• 0-313-35023-X

LCCN

2008009023

OCLC

• 416229363
• 1328787660

Doi

• 10.5040/9798400699634

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