• Media type: Book
  • Title: Launching the war on poverty : an oral history
  • Contains: Camelot confronts the culture of poverty -- The war on poverty task force -- Creating the community action program -- Employment versus poverty -- Rural programs -- The enactment of poverty legislation -- The office of economic opportunity : "the most action in town" -- The job corps -- The community action program -- An early success : project head start -- Advocates for the poor : vista and the legal services program -- Delegated programs -- Challenges to head start -- The job corps under siege -- "Keeping the trash in one pile" : legislative battles -- OEO's struggle to endure -- Epilogue and assessments.
  • Contributor: Gillette, Michael L. [Author]
  • imprint: Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2010
  • Published in: The Oxford oral history series
  • Issue: 2. ed.
  • Extent: XX, 458 S.; Ill
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9780195387278
  • RVK notation: NW 2562 : Nordamerika (USA und Kanada)
    NQ 8340 : Einzelbeiträge
    NW 9000 : Sonstiges
  • Keywords: Armutsbekämpfung ; Sozialpolitik ; USA ; Poverty United States ; Economic assistance, Domestic United States ; Politicians United States Interviews ; Armut
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index

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