Katz, Michael B., 1939-

The undeserving poor : America's enduring confrontation with poverty / by Michael B. Katz. - 2nd ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2013. - xiii, 353 p. ; 24 cm.

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?.

9780199933952

2013007311


Poor--United States.
Poverty--United States.
Discrimination--United States.
Economic assistance, Domestic--United States.

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