142 Pages
by
Routledge
142 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1970, America Against Poverty explores America's "War on Poverty," declared by President Johnson in the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and continued under President Nixon’s administration. Edward James highlights that this "war" represents only a small part of America's broader effort to lift a fifth of its population out of poverty. He connects this initiative to the... Read more
General Editor’s Introduction Foreword List of Abbreviations for Agencies and Programmes 1. All Americans 2. The Comfortable and the Deprived 3. Divide and Rule 4. The Pin-Table Welfare State 5. The Decade of Opportunity 6. The Strategies of War 7. War Declared 8. Maximum Feasible Participation 9. Communities in Action 10. Fortunes of War Postscript- August 1969 Suggestions for Further Reading Bibliography
Biography
Edward James
