Poverty in America
By: Catherine Reef
Series: American experience; American experience (Facts on File, Inc.)
Publisher: Facts on File
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9781438108117
Subjects: Poor; JUVENILE NONFICTION; Social Issues; Minorities; Case studies; Homelessness & Poverty; Public welfare; Social service; Services for; Social conditions; Economic conditions; Volunteer workers in social service; African Americans; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-369) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Introduction -- -- ch. 1.; title: The deserving poor in colonial America : 1601-1775 -- -- ch. 2.; title: Industrialization, immigration, and urban poverty : 1790-1864 -- -- ch 3.; title: "Who can describe their misery?" : poverty and American slavery : 1619-1865 -- -- ch. 4.; title: Charity reconsidered : 1865-1900 -- -- ch. 5.; title: Social research and recommendations : 1900-1928 -- -- ch. 6.; title: The poor take center stage : 1929-1941 -- -- ch. 7.; title: The invisible mass : 1940-1962 -- -- ch. 8.; title: The war on poverty and its aftermath : 1962-1980 -- -- ch. 9.; title: The years of welfare reform : 1981-1996 -- -- ch. 10.; title: Poverty endures : 1997-2006 --; title: Appendix A : Documents --; title: Appendix B : Biographies of major personalities --; title: Appendix C : Maps --; title: Appendix D : Graphs and tables --; title: Glossary --; title: Notes --; title: Bibliography--; title: Index.