Description for American Poverty
Hardback. One out of three Americans is now living at or below the poverty line, according to recent studies. How did this happen? Woody Klein explores the anti-poverty programs - or lack thereof - during each successive administration, explaining how and why no president thus far has been able to end poverty. Num Pages: 248 pages, appendixes; notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 503.
Poverty has been a fact of American life since the nation’s founding; every American president has faced this scourge during his administration in one way or another. Whether bound up in the problems of slavery, immigration, or the recent financial and housing crises, the cycle of poverty has bedeviled presidents, policymakers, legislators, and scholars for more than two centuries. Yet poverty is increasing, not disappearing. One out of three Americans is now living at or below the poverty line, according to recent studies. How did this happen?Woody Klein explores the anti-poverty programs—or lack thereof—during each successive administration, explaining how and ... Read more
Poverty has been a fact of American life since the nation’s founding; every American president has faced this scourge during his administration in one way or another. Whether bound up in the problems of slavery, immigration, or the recent financial and housing crises, the cycle of poverty has bedeviled presidents, policymakers, legislators, and scholars for more than two centuries. Yet poverty is increasing, not disappearing. One out of three Americans is now living at or below the poverty line, according to recent studies. How did this happen?Woody Klein explores the anti-poverty programs—or lack thereof—during each successive administration, explaining how and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Dulles, United States
ISBN
9781612341941
SKU
V9781612341941
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for American Poverty
“‘American’ and ‘poverty’ are words that should not appear in the same sentence. We’re the wealthiest country in the world; that we should have poverty at all is oxymoronic. Woody Klein’s book offers an in-depth historical perspective on why we are still battling poverty.”—Peter Edelman, professor of law, Georgetown University Law Center; faculty director, Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Public ... Read more