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Toward an End to Hunger in America
Cheap, plentiful food is an American tradition. We spend a smaller percentage of our income on food than any other nation. We feed much of the world with our surpluses.
ISBN-13: 9780815722816 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
Peter K. Eisinger
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Local release date: 01/10/1998
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Categories: Cultural studies [JFC]Poverty & unemployment [JFFA]Urban communities [JFSG]North America [1KB]

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Champions of the Poor
The Economic Consequences of Judeo-Christian Values
Examines the economic roots of poverty, the actions that can be taken to eradicate it, and the ethical case for integrating the poor into the mainstream of society. This title considers both the economic feasibility of religious views regarding the eradication of poverty and the ethical aspects of economic programs.
ISBN-13: 9780878406654 (Paperback)
Publisher: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
Barend A. DeVries
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Local release date: 31/03/1998
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Categories: Ethics & moral philosophy [HPQ]Christianity [HRC]Judaism [HRJ]Poverty & unemployment [JFFA]Economics [KC]

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New Paternalism
Supervisory Approaches to Poverty
If government tells dependent people how to live today, will we have a more self-reliant society tomorrow? That's the critical question as government increasingly seeks to supervise the lives of poor citizens who are dependent on it, often in return for supporting them. This trend is most visible in welfare policy, where ""welfare reform"" largely ......
ISBN-13: 9780815756514 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
L Mead
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Local release date: 01/10/1997
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Categories: Poverty & unemployment [JFFA]

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Out of Work
Unemployment and Government in Twentieth-Century America
Redefining the way we think about unemployment in America today, this title offers devastating evidence that the major cause of high unemployment in the United States is the government itself.
ISBN-13: 9780814787922 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Richard K Vedder, Lowell E. Gallaway
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Local release date: 30/04/1997
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Categories: History of the Americas [HBJK]20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW]Social & cultural history [HBTB]Poverty & unemployment [JFFA]Employment & unemployment [KCFM]USA [1KBB]

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America Before Welfare
Amidst the current debates on the future of welfare, one voice has been conspicuously absent: that of the unemployed and underprivileged. This book addresses the work of history and an anecdotal window onto America's past, in the days before FDR's New Deal.
ISBN-13: 9780814726679 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Franklin Folsom
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Local release date: 31/10/1996
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Categories: Poverty & unemployment [JFFA]Employment & unemployment [KCFM]

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In the Web of Class
Delinquents and Reformers in Boston, 1810s-1930s
An overview of the history of social welfare and juvenile justice in Boston. This book traces the origins, development and ultimate failure of Protestant and Catholic reformers' efforts to ameliorate working-class poverty and juvenile delinquency.
ISBN-13: 9780814779811 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Eric C. Schneider
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Local release date: 31/08/1993
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Categories: History of the Americas [HBJK]Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL]20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW]Social & cultural history [HBTB]Poverty & unemployment [JFFA]Social groups [JFS]Social welfare & social services [JKS]Causes & prevention of crime [JKVC]USA [1KBB]c 1800 to c 1900 [3JH]20th century [3JJ]

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The State of World Rural Poverty
An Inquiry into its Causes and Consequences
Poverty is spreading. There are now as many people living in absolute poverty - almost a billion in the rural Third World alone - as lived on the entire planet only a century ago. Yet poverty continues to be shrouded in mystery. Consider that: Four-fifths of the world's poor live in rural areas; About 340 million people worldwide are currently ......
ISBN-13: 9780814737545 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Idriss Jazairy, John Stanier
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Local release date: 31/01/1993
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Categories: Development studies [GTF]Poverty & unemployment [JFFA]Economics [KC]

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Providing Food Security for All
A study of global food security that is focused at the household level. Filled with dozens of revealing figures, charts, and tables, including a food security index that ranks developing countries in terms of their vulverability to hunger, it provides a basic introduction to issues of food security.
ISBN-13: 9780814706039 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mohiuddin Alamgir, Poonam Arora
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Local release date: 02/03/1991
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Categories: Poverty & unemployment [JFFA]Agriculture & related industries [KNAC]