56 records matched your query       

Author:

Reef, Catherine.

Title:

Poverty in America / Catherine Reef.

Publisher:

Facts on File,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xxix, 386 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Poor--United States--History.
Poor--Services for--United States--Case studies.
Volunteer workers in social service--United States--Case studies.
Minorities--United States--History.--History.
African Americans--History.--History.
African Americans--History.--History.
Public welfare--United States--History.
Social service--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-369) and index.

Contents:

Index. ch. 10. deserving poor in colonial America : 1601-1775 -- ch. 2. Industrialization, immigration, and urban poverty : 1790-1864 -- ch 3. "Who can describe their misery?" : poverty and American slavery : 1619-1865 -- ch. 4. Charity reconsidered : 1865-1900 -- ch. 5. Social research and recommendations : 1900-1928 -- ch. 6. The poor take center stage : 1929-1941 -- ch. 7. The invisible mass : 1940-1962 -- ch. 8. The war on poverty and its aftermath : 1962-1980 -- ch. 9. The years of welfare reform : 1981-1996 -- ch. 10. Poverty endures : 1997-2006 -- Appendix A : Documents -- Appendix B : Biographies of major personalities -- Appendix C : Maps -- Appendix D : Graphs and tables -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography-- Index.

Series:

American experience

ISBN:

9780816060627 (alk. paper)
0816060622 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006006896

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)