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Launching the war on poverty: an oral history

Michael L. Gillette
Resource Type:
Book (Print/Paper)
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010
Related Series:
Oxford oral history series

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.
Author/Creator:
Gillette, Michael L.
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Main Work:
Launching the war on poverty: an oral history [by Gillette, M.L.]
Related Series:
Oxford oral history series
Subjects:
Poverty — United States
Economic assistance, Domestic — United States
United States — Social policy
United States — Politics and government — 1963-1969
Politicians — United States — Interviews
1963-1969
Economic assistance, Domestic
Social policy
Politics and government
Politicians
Poverty
United States
Genres:
Interviews
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description:
xx, 458 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Call Numbers:
HC110.P63 G54 2010
ISBNs:
9780195387278 (pbk., alk. paper)
0195387279 (pbk., alk. paper)
Library of Congress Control Numbers:
2009038655
OCLC Numbers:
438055299