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The experts' war on poverty : social research and the welfare agenda in postwar America /

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: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Series:American institutions and society.
Subjects:
Poverty > United States > History > 20th century.
Poor > United States > History > 20th century.
Economic assistance, Domestic > United States > History > 20th century.
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.