The Persistence of Poverty in the United States
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press; Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: April 16, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780801871306
Subjects: Economics; Poverty; Poor; Business/Economics; Business & Economics; Sociology; United States; USA; Economic Conditions; Business & Economics / Government & Business; Economic assistance, Domestic; Public welfare
First sentence: After stressing the prevalence of affluence during the years immediately following the Second World War, a coterie of social analysts, journalists, and politicians during the early 1960s rediscovered and began to publicize the persistence of poverty in the United States.