The war on poverty : a new grassroots history, 1964-1980 /

Table of Contents: “…Battles over community action -- "This Government Is with Us": Lyndon Johnson and the Grassroots War on Poverty -- "To Challenge the Status Quo by Any Means": Community Action and Representational Politics in 1960s Baltimore -- Ideological Diversity and the Implementation of the War on Poverty in Houston -- Defining the Space of Participation in a Northern City: Tejanos and the War on Poverty in Milwaukee -- Poor mothers and the war on poverty -- Saving Babies in Memphis: The Politics of Race, Health, and Hunger during the War on Poverty -- "Someday the Colored and White Will Stand Together": The War on Poverty, Black Power Politics, and Southern Women's Interracial Alliances -- "Parent Power": Evelina López Antonetty, the United Bronx Parents, and the War on Poverty -- Gender, Civil Rights Activism, and the War on Poverty in Los Angeles -- The war on poverty, the civil rights movement, and southern politics -- Poverty Wars in the Louisiana Delta: White Resistance, Black Power, and the Poorest Place in America -- Plantation Politics: The Tufts-Delta Health Center and Intraracial Class Conflict in Mississippi, 1965-1972 -- Fighting for the Child Development Group of Mississippi: Poor People, Local Politics, and the Complicated Legacy of Head Start -- Going Back to Selma: Organizing for Change in Dallas County after the March to Montgomery -- The War on Poverty and the Chicano Movement in Texas: Confronting "Tio Tomás" and the "Gringo Pseudoliberals" -- What do they really mean by community development? …”
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The war on poverty : a retrospective /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The War on Poverty -- Some Initial Thoughts /…”
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Legacies of the war on poverty /

Table of Contents: “…Legacies of the war on poverty / Martha J. Bailey and Sheldon Danziger -- Head Start origins and impacts / Chloe Gibbs, Jens Ludwig, and Douglas L. …”
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Britain's war on poverty / by Waldfogel, Jane

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Launching the war on poverty : an oral history / by Gillette, Michael L.

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.…”
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A people's war on poverty : urban politics and grassroots activists in Houston / by Phelps, Wesley G.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. The War on Poverty and the Expansion of Democracy; One. Declaring a War on Poverty in the Midst of "Pervasive Conservatism": The Tumultuous Road to Establishing a Community Action Agency, 1964-1965; Two. …”
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President Johnson's War On Poverty : Rhetoric and History. by Zarefsky, David

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Reformers to radicals : the Appalachian Volunteers and the war on poverty / by Kiffmeyer, Thomas, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a time for change -- On the brink of war : the Council of the Southern Mountains and the origins of the war on poverty in Appalachia -- The shot heard round the world : the battle for Mill Creek, Kentucky, and the culture of poverty -- A splendid little war : helping people help themselves, 1964 -- The war to end all wars : a national quest to end Appalachian poverty, 1965-1966 -- The new model army : the Appalachian Volunteers splits from the Council of the Southern Mountains -- Operation Rolling Thunder : the political education of mountaineers and Appalachian Volunteers -- Peace without victory : three strikes and a red scare in the mountains -- Conclusion : live to fight another day.…”
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Why America lost the war on poverty-- and how to win it / by Stricker, Frank

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The color of welfare : how racism undermined the war on poverty / by Quadagno, Jill S.

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...: psychiatry, race, and the war on poverty /... by Raz, Mical

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Maximum feasible participation : American literature and the war on poverty / by Schryer, Stephen

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Democracy without decency : good citizenship and the war on poverty / by Epstein, William M., 1944-

Table of Contents: “…The Programmatic Precursors to the War on Poverty -- 2. The War on Poverty: Programs of the Office of Economic Opportunity -- 3. …”
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The other war : global poverty and the Millennium Challenge Account /

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Freedom is not enough : the war on poverty and the civil rights movement in Texas / by Clayson, William S. (William Stephen), 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Poverty, race, and politics in postwar Texas -- Postwar liberalism, civil rights, and the origins of the war on poverty -- The war on poverty and Texas politics -- Launching the war on poverty in Texas -- Making maximum participation feasible: community action in urban Texas -- Race conflict and the war on poverty in Texas -- The war on poverty and the militants: the OEO and the Chicano movement -- A "preventative force"? …”
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The economics of killing : how the West fuels war and poverty in the developing world / by Mehta, Vijay, 1940-

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...Commons and his legacy from progressivism to the war on poverty /... by Chasse, John Dennis

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Everybody's problem : the war on poverty in eastern North Carolina / by Hawkins, Karen M.

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Poor participation : fighting the wars on poverty and impoverished citizenship / by Bryer, Thomas A., 1978-, Prysmakova-Rivera, Sofia

Table of Contents: “…List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Poverty, participation, and an emergent new path for the 21st century -- About us -- With or without us -- Representation of the included-in and included-out -- Historical development of poverty policies -- Case study of community development block grant program -- War on poverty and impoverished citizenship for the 21st century -- Organizing the power structure to address poverty and refugees -- The wars on poverty and impoverished citizenship at home and abroad -- Conclusion -- References -- About the authors.…”
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Poverty in Nigeria : causes, manifestations and alleviation strategies

Table of Contents: “…The Nigerian governments and the war against poverty in Nigeria -- /…”
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America's struggle against poverty in the twentieth century by Patterson, James T.

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Civil rights advocacy on behalf of the poor by Paden, Catherine M.

Table of Contents: “…Civil Rights Organizations and the War on Poverty --…”
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Mexican-origin foods, foodways, and social movements : decolonial perspectives

Table of Contents: “…Organic Intellectuals and Direct Action Fifty Years Past Chicago's "War on Poverty" /…”
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Who cares? : public ambivalence and government activism from the New Deal to the second gilded age by Newman, Katherine S., 1953-

Table of Contents: “…-- Dissent and the New Deal -- Warring over the war on poverty -- Economic anxiety in the new gilded age -- Searching for "the better angels of our nature."…”
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Projecting race : postwar America, civil rights and documentary film by Charbonneau, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Training Days: Liberal Advocacy and Self-Improvement in War on Poverty Films…”
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The undeserving poor : America's enduring confrontation with poverty by Katz, Michael B., 1939-2014

Table of Contents: “…The undeserving poor : morals, culture and biology -- Poverty and the politics of liberation -- Intellectual foundations of the war on poverty and great society -- Interpretations of poverty in the conservative ascendance -- The rise and fall of the "underclass" -- Epilogue : what kind of a problem is poverty?…”
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Dollar by dollar : a history of the community development credit union movement

Table of Contents: “…From humble beginnings -- Fighting discrimination -- Bankers to the movement -- Faith in action -- War on poverty -- The bomb that fell -- Enter the federation -- The flight of the banks -- Predatory institutions -- One loan at a time -- The next generation -- Keeping hope alive.…”
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An Appalachian reawakening : West Virginia and the perils of the new machine age, 1945-1972 by Thomas, Jerry Bruce, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…The Centennial: Accentuating the PositiveLBJ and the War on Poverty -- Hulett C. Smithâ€?s Sin of Omission -- Challenges of “Creative Federalismâ€? …”
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Caring for equality : a history of African American health and healthcare by McBride, David, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Slavery and the medical roots -- Battling for life in the Civil War and Nadir Eras -- The black medical world -- Civil rights, health rights -- War on poverty and the "medical ghetto" -- Confronting the black health crisis -- The AIDS era and the time of Katrina.…”
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Caring for equality : a history of African American health and healthcare by McBride, David, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Slavery and the medical roots -- Battling for life in the Civil War and Nadir Eras -- The black medical world -- Civil rights, health rights -- War on poverty and the "medical ghetto" -- Confronting the black health crisis -- The AIDS era and the time of Katrina.…”
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The war on welfare : family, poverty, and politics in modern America by Chappell, Marisa

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The war on welfare : family, poverty, and politics in modern America by Chappell, Marisa

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Mainstreaming black power by Davies, Tom Adam, 1983-

Table of Contents: “…"A mouthful of civil rights and an empty belly": the war on poverty and the fight for racial equality -- Community development corporations, black capitalism, and the mainstreaming of black power -- Black power and battles over education -- Black mayors and black progress: the limits of black political power.…”
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From civil rights to human rights : Martin Luther King, Jr., and the struggle for economic justice by Jackson, Thomas F.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Pilgrimage to Christian socialism -- The least of these -- Seed time in the winter of reaction -- The American Gandhi and direct action -- The dreams of the masses -- Jobs and freedom -- Malignant kinship -- The secret heart of America -- The war on poverty and the democratic socialist dream -- Egyptland -- The world house -- Power to poor people.…”
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From civil rights to human rights : Martin Luther King, Jr., and the struggle for economic justice by Jackson, Thomas F.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Pilgrimage to Christian socialism -- The least of these -- Seed time in the winter of reaction -- The American Gandhi and direct action -- The dreams of the masses -- Jobs and freedom -- Malignant kinship -- The secret heart of America -- The war on poverty and the democratic socialist dream -- Egyptland -- The world house -- Power to poor people.…”
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The birth of Head Start : preschool education policies in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations by Vinovskis, Maris A., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Changing views of poverty and early child development -- Education, poverty, and early schooling in the Kennedy administration -- Education policy, the war on poverty, and the 1964 election -- Organizing OEO and passing ESEA -- Implementing, evaluating, and improving Head Start programs -- Congressional and administration debates about transferring Head Start.…”
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Administration and the other : explorations of diversity and marginalization in the political administrative state by Farmbry, Kyle, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Theoretical foundations -- The expert in an era of American enlightenment -- Slavery -- The Native American as the other -- The social sciences and the other -- The African American male as the other -- The immigrant as the other : part I -- Housing the other -- The war on poverty -- Educating the other -- Welfare and the other -- Counting and categorizing the other -- The immigrant as the other : part II.…”
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The struggle in Black and brown : African American and Mexican American relations during the civil rights era

Table of Contents: “…Behnken -- Complicating the beloved community: the student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the National Farm Workers Association / Lauren Araiza -- The Neighborhood Adult Participation Project: Black-brown strife in the war on poverty in Los Angeles / Robert Bauman -- "Mexican versus negro approaches" to the war on poverty: Black-brown competition and the Office of Economic Opportunity in Texas / William Clayson -- Cesar and Martin, March '68 / Jorge Mariscal -- Black, brown, and poor: civil rights and the making of the Chicano movement / Gordon Mantler -- Brown-eyed soul: popular music and cultural politics in Los Angeles / Luis Alvarez and Daniel Widener -- Raising a neighborhood: informal networks between African American and Mexican American women in South Central Los Angeles / Abigail Rosas -- A new day in Babylon: African American and Mexican American relations at the dawn of the millennium / Matthew C. …”
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In the crossfire : Marcus Foster and the troubled history of American school reform by Spencer, John Palmer

Table of Contents: “…Schooling as social reform: racial uplift, liberalism, and the making of a black educator -- Combating cultural deprivation: urban educators and the war on poverty -- Victims, not hoodlums: urban schools and the crisis of liberalism -- Black power, "people power": holding schools accountable for black achievement -- Beyond community control: accountability and achievement in the Oakland public schools -- Epilogue: legacies of the 1960s in American school reform.…”
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A Public Charity : Religion and Social Welfare in Indianapolis. by Mapes, Mary L.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; toc; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I Catholic Charities and the Making of the Welfare State; II A City of Families: Social Welfare and Postwar Prosperity; III Rediscovering Poverty, Redefining Community: Religion, the Civil Rights Movement, and the War on Poverty; IV ''Beyond Religious Boundaries'': Urban Ministry and SocialOrder; V ''One Soul at a Time'': Welfare Reform and Faith-BasedOrganizations; Notes; Index.…”
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