The war on poverty : a new grassroots history, 1964-1980 /

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"Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty has long been portrayed as the most potent symbol of all that is wrong with big government. Conservatives deride the War on Poverty for corruption and the creation of "poverty pimps," and even liberals carefully distance themselves from it. Examin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Orleck, Annelise (Editor ), Hazirjian, Lisa Gayle, 1968- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2011.
Temas:
1900-1999
Poverty > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Economic assistance, Domestic > United States > History > 20th century.
Poor > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century.
Community development > United States > History > 20th century.
Public welfare > United States > History > 20th century.
Pauvreté > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Pauvres > Activité politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Développement communautaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Community development
Economic assistance, Domestic
Poor > Political activity
Poverty > Government policy
Public welfare
United States
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Battles over community action
  • "This Government Is with Us": Lyndon Johnson and the Grassroots War on Poverty
  • "To Challenge the Status Quo by Any Means": Community Action and Representational Politics in 1960s Baltimore
  • Ideological Diversity and the Implementation of the War on Poverty in Houston
  • Defining the Space of Participation in a Northern City: Tejanos and the War on Poverty in Milwaukee
  • Poor mothers and the war on poverty
  • Saving Babies in Memphis: The Politics of Race, Health, and Hunger during the War on Poverty
  • "Someday the Colored and White Will Stand Together": The War on Poverty, Black Power Politics, and Southern Women's Interracial Alliances
  • "Parent Power": Evelina López Antonetty, the United Bronx Parents, and the War on Poverty
  • Gender, Civil Rights Activism, and the War on Poverty in Los Angeles
  • The war on poverty, the civil rights movement, and southern politics
  • Poverty Wars in the Louisiana Delta: White Resistance, Black Power, and the Poorest Place in America
  • Plantation Politics: The Tufts-Delta Health Center and Intraracial Class Conflict in Mississippi, 1965-1972
  • Fighting for the Child Development Group of Mississippi: Poor People, Local Politics, and the Complicated Legacy of Head Start
  • Going Back to Selma: Organizing for Change in Dallas County after the March to Montgomery
  • The War on Poverty and the Chicano Movement in Texas: Confronting "Tio Tomás" and the "Gringo Pseudoliberals"
  • What do they really mean by community development?
  • Looking Back to the City in the Hills: The Council of the Southern Mountains and a Longer View of the War on Poverty in the Appalachian South, 1913-1970
  • The War on Poverty in Mississippi and Oklahoma: Beyond Black and White
  • The House That "Equality" Built: The Asian American Movement and the Legacy of Community Action
  • The War on the War on Poverty and American Politics since the 1960s.

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