Poverty in AmericaPresents an overview of the history of poverty in America and includes excerpts from primary source documents, short biographies of influential people, and more. |
Contents
The Deserving Poor in Colonial America 16011775 | 1 |
Industrialization Immigration and Urban Poverty 17901864 | 17 |
Who Can Describe Their Misery? Poverty and American Slavery 16191865 | 48 |
Charity Reconsidered 18651900 | 75 |
Social Research and Recommendations 19001928 | 105 |
The Poor Take Center Stage 19291941 | 134 |
The Invisible Mass 19401962 | 166 |
The War on Poverty and Its Aftermath 19621980 | 191 |
Documents | 263 |
Biographies of Major Personalities | 302 |
Maps | 323 |
Graphs and Tables | 329 |
Glossary | 349 |
Notes | 353 |
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