The Experts' War on Poverty : Social Research and the Welfare Agenda in Postwar America /

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"This book deals with the crusade and the postwar dream of experts in the field of poverty to eradicate poverty from the American soil"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Huret, Romain (Author)
Other Authors: Angell, John (Translator) (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Poverty.
Poor.
Economic assistance, Domestic.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes & Economic Disparity.
Pauvrete > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Economic assistance, Domestic > United States > History > 20th century.
Poor > United States > History > 20th century.
Poverty > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The poverty paradox
  • The poverty culture
  • The new Wisconsin idea
  • Beyond affluent society
  • An economist at war
  • A Pyrrhic victory
  • Uncertainty of numbers, certainty of decisions
  • A doomed alternative.

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