Poverty and the Government in America: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes]
byJyotsna Sreenivasan is a professional writer. Her published works include ABC-CLIO's Utopias in American History.
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Sreenivasan, Jyotsna. Poverty and the Government in America: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2009. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781598841695.
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The most comprehensive encyclopedia available on the U.S. government's responses to poverty from the colonial era to the present day.
• 170 alphabetically organized entries on policy directives, legislation, important individuals, and organizations that have influenced government approaches to dealing with poverty in the United States• Cross-referenced introductory essays on poverty and policy at the federal, state, local, and tribal-government level across the breadth of U.S. history
• A chronology with entries highlighting the evolution of policies and attitudes concerning the government's role in economic issues
• 40 primary source documents detailing major government policies towards poverty, such as FDR's Bill of Economic Rights
• Sidebars highlighting defining moments in the implementation of policies to poor relief policies, as well as profiles on the individuals involved in developing those policies
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"Recommended for high school, public, and college libraries, especially those supporting a curriculum need." - Library Journal"Recommended for college and public libraries." - Booklist"This is a two-volume encyclopedia containing 170 alphabetical, cross-referenced entries — from 'Jane Addams' to 'Works Progress Administration' — detailing historical aspects of governmental involvement in fighting poverty in the United States. The essays cover policy directives, legislations, important individuals, organizations, and concepts, including, to name just a few, the Black Panther Party, child abuse and poverty, the Civil Rights Movement, Eugene Debs, the earned income tax credit, the Family and Medical Leave Act, homeless shelters, Herbert Hoover, the Indian New Deal, labor unions, living-wage laws, Huey Long, the National Labor Relations Act, private charity, Margaret Sanger, segregation laws, teen pregnancy prevention, and vouchers. Also included are introductory essays describing poverty responses at the levels of local, state, federal, and tribal governments." - Reference & Research Book News"This is a useful information source for students, practitioners, and citizens in political science, education, justice studies, human rights, and social activism. Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers." - Choice"Librarians should consider this set, as its historical perspective is extensive, its writing style clear, and its material is useful." - School Library Journal"…this scholarly guide will be useful to libraries supporting programs in governmental affairs and public policy." - Lawrence Looks at Books"For a topic that may appear on the surface to be niche in scope, Sreenivasan ultimately delivers a useful and broadly applicable reference work." - Reference & User Services Quarterly"Jyotsna Sreenivasan has written almost 700 pages on poverty and she has written them in a wonderfully clear and readable way….I can certainly commend this book as a workmanlike addition to the library shelves…" - Reference Reviews
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Poverty and the Government in America: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes]
Author(s): Sreenivasan, Jyotsna;Contributors: Sreenivasan, Jyotsna;Abstract:The most comprehensive encyclopedia available on the U.S. government's responses to poverty from the colonial era to the present day.
• 170 alphabetically organized entries on policy directives, legislation, important individuals, and organizations that have influenced government approaches to dealing with poverty in the United States• Cross-referenced introductory essays on poverty and policy at the federal, state, local, and tribal-government level across the breadth of U.S. history
• A chronology with entries highlighting the evolution of policies and attitudes concerning the government's role in economic issues
• 40 primary source documents detailing major government policies towards poverty, such as FDR's Bill of Economic Rights
• Sidebars highlighting defining moments in the implementation of policies to poor relief policies, as well as profiles on the individuals involved in developing those policies
SortTitle: poverty and the government in america: a historical encyclopedia [2 volumes]Author Info:Jyotsna SreenivasanauthorJyotsna Sreenivasan is a professional writer. Her published works include ABC-CLIO's Utopias in American History.
eISBN-13: 9781598841695Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781598841695.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781598841688Entry Code: POGOAM1EImprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 754Publication Date: 20091015Series: Non-SeriesSubtitle: A Historical Encyclopedia- Poverty and the Government in America Volume 1 i2
- Title Page iii4
- Contents v6
- Preface xi12
- Acknowledgments xv16
- INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS 118
- Poverty and State Governments 1734
- Poverty and the Federal Government 3148
- Poverty and Tribal Governments 4562
- CHRONOLOGY OF THE GOVERNMENT AND POVERTY 5976
- ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES 107124
- A 109126
- B 127144
- C 137154
- D 197214
- E 207224
- F 225242
- G 247264
- H 273290
- I 307324
- J 335352
- Index 345362
- About the Author 363380
- Poverty and the Government in America Volume 2 369386