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Author Huret, Romain, author.

Title The experts' war on poverty : social research and the welfare agenda in postwar America / Romain D. Huret ; translated by John Angell
Published Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Series American institutions and society
American institutions and society.
Contents The poverty paradox -- The poverty culture -- The new Wisconsin idea -- Beyond affluent society -- An economist at war -- A Pyrrhic victory -- Uncertainty of numbers, certainty of decisions -- A doomed alternative
Summary "This book deals with the crusade and the postwar dream of experts in the field of poverty to eradicate poverty from the American soil"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis poverty in postwar america, Welfare state, war on poverty, Lyndon B. Johnson, poverty
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Poverty -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Poor -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States -- History -- 20th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes & Economic Disparity.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
Economic assistance, Domestic
Poor
Poverty
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Angell, John (Translator), translator.
LC no. 2018021283
ISBN 9781501709531
1501709534
9781501712173
1501712179
Other Titles Fin de la pauvreté?. English