President of the other America : Robert Kennedy and the politics of poverty /

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"Robert Kennedy's abbreviated run for the presidency in 1968 has assumed almost mythical proportions in American memory. His campaign has been romanticized because of its tragic end, but also because of the foreign and domestic crises that surrounded it. Yet while most media coverage initi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schmitt, Edward R., 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Kennedy, Robert F., > 1925-1968.
Kennedy, Robert F., > 1925-1968
1900-1999
Presidents > United States > Election > 1968.
Poverty > United States > History > 20th century.
Pauvreté > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Politics and government
Poverty
Presidents > Election
Social conditions
Social policy
United States > Politics and government > 1969-1974.
United States > Social policy > 20th century.
United States > Social conditions > 1960-1980.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1969-1974.
États-Unis > Politique sociale > 20e siècle.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1960-1980.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From the New Deal to the new frontier : postwar prosperity, poverty, and the Kennedys
  • At the fulcrum of the movement : deciding time
  • Poverty and justice : defining a federal role
  • Troubles and trials : from Dallas to Watts
  • The education of a senator : seeking a "greater society"
  • "Born in a storm" : the Bedford-Stuyvesant experiment
  • "It became his issue" : fighting for the war on poverty
  • "You can't deny these people the presidency" : the 1968 campaign.

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