Title: Poverty in affluence; the social, political, and economic dimensions of poverty in the United States,
Authors: Will, Robert Erwin, 1928-; Vatter, Harold G.,; Vatter, Harold G.,
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World
Year: 1970
Subjects: Poor United States; Poverty
Contents: Definitions and the nature of poverty -- Ideologies of poverty -- The economics of poverty. Poverty and income patterns through time ; Spatial patterns -- The anatomy of poverty. The minority poor ; The children ; The youth ; The unemployed and the underpaid ; The elderly and the ill -- The poor : culture, subculture, or underclass? -- Policy issues and alternatives -- Poverty and political action -- Perspectives on poverty.