Poverty in America: An Encyclopedia

Author Russell M. Lawson

Publisher Greenwood Publishing Group

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Author

Russell M. Lawson

Publisher

Greenwood Publishing Group

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Copyright

2008

ISBN13

9780313350238

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eBook

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9th Grade - College Senior

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Covers the entire history of American poverty from all angles--historical, social, cultural, political, spiritual, and literary.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
List of Entries.
Guide to Related Topics.
Preface.
Introduction.
Chronology.
1: Alphabetical Entries.
2: Addams, Jane (1860–1935).
3: Administration for Children and Families (ACF).
4: Affirmative Action.
5: African Americans and Poverty (Post-Slavery).
6: Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).
7: American Indians and Poverty.
8: British Poor and the Origins of Colonialism.
9: CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps).
10: Children and Poverty.
11: Children's Aid Society.
12: Children's Bureau.
13: Children's Defense Fund.
14: Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
15: Christianity and Poverty.
16: Clinton Welfare Reform.
17: Community Action Program.
18: Convict Transportation.
19: Crime and Imprisonment.
20: Culture of Poverty.
21: Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
22: Department of Labor.
23: Disease and the Poor.
24: Drugs, Alcohol, and the Poor.
25: Economic Opportunity Act.
26: Education.
27: Elementary and Secondary School Act.
28: Environmental Theory of Poverty.
29: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
30: Family Assistance Plan (FAP).
31: Federal Housing Administration (FHA).
32: Food Stamps and Wic.
33: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
34: Great Depression.
35: Head Start.
36: Hispanic Americans and Poverty.
37: Homelessness.
38: Hoovervilles.
39: How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis.
40: Immigrants.
41: Indentured Servitude.
42: Institutionalization of the Poor.
43: Job Corps.
44: Kids Count.
45: Labor.
46: Literature and Poverty.
47: Measurement of Inequality.
48: Medicaid.
49: Medicare.
50: Minimum Wage.
51: National Center for Children in Poverty.
52: New Deal.
53: No Child Left Behind.
54: Office of Economic Opportunity.
55: The Other America by Michael Harrington.
56: Panhandlers.
57: Poor Laws in England and Early America.
58: Progres
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