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The War on Poverty: A New Grassroots History, 1964-1980
By Amy Jordan (Contribution by), Christina Greene (Contribution by), Daniel M. Cobb (Contribution by), Greta de Jong (Contribution by), Guian A. McKee (Contribution by), Karen M. Tani (Contribution by), Kent B. Germany (Contribution by), Laurie B. Green (Contribution by), Marc S. Rodriguez (Contribution by), Rhonda Y. Williams (Contribution by), Robert Bauman (Contribution by), Susan Youngblood Ashmore (Contribution by), Thomas Kiffmeyer (Contribution by), Wesley G. Phelps (Contribution by), William Clayson (Contribution by), Annelise Orleck (Editor), Lisa Gayle Hazirjian (Editor), Adina Black (Contribution by), Corky Lee (Photographer)
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By Amy Jordan (Contribution by), Christina Greene (Contribution by), Daniel M. Cobb (Contribution by), Greta de Jong (Contribution by), Guian A. McKee (Contribution by), Karen M. Tani (Contribution by), Kent B. Germany (Contribution by), Laurie B. Green (Contribution by), Marc S. Rodriguez (Contribution by), Rhonda Y. Williams (Contribution by), Robert Bauman (Contribution by), Susan Youngblood Ashmore (Contribution by), Thomas Kiffmeyer (Contribution by), Wesley G. Phelps (Contribution by), William Clayson (Contribution by), Annelise Orleck (Editor), Lisa Gayle Hazirjian (Editor), Adina Black (Contribution by), Corky Lee (Photographer)
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Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty has long been portrayed as the most potent symbol of all that is wrong with big government. Conservatives deride the War on Poverty for corruption and the creation of “poverty pimps,” and even liberals carefully distance themselves from it. Examining the long War on Poverty from the 1960s onward, this book makes a controversial argument that the programs were in many ways a success, reducing poverty rates and weaving a social safety net that has proven as end...