Social solutions to poverty : America's struggle to build a just society / edited with contributions by Scott J. Myers-Lipton ; foreword by Charles Lemert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Myers-Lipton, Scott J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--United States--History.

Poverty.

Social justice--United States--History.

Social justice.

Social reformers--United States--History.

Social reformers.

Social movements--United States.

Social movements.

Economic assistance, Domestic.

History.

United States.

Economic assistance, Domestic--United States--History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, [2006]

Summary:

The voices of famous and lesser known figures in America's quest to reduce poverty are collected for the first time in this comprehensive historical anthology. The book traces the most important ideas and contributions of citizens, activists, labor leaders, scholars, politicians, and governmental agencies to ensure American citizens the basics of food, housing, employment, education, and health care.The book follows the idea of poverty reduction from Thomas Paine's agrarian justice to Josiah Quincy's proposal for the construction of poorhouses; from the Freedmen's Bureau to Sitting Bull's demand for money and supplies; from Coxey's army of the unemployed to Jane Addams's Hull House; from the Civil Works Administration to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s call for an Economic Bill of Rights; and from William Julius Wilson's universal program of reform to George W. Bush's armies of compassion.You can learn more about the book at http: //www.solvingpoverty.com.

Contents:

Native American contributions to egalitarianism

Prologue: social context and overview of solutions

On cannibals, Michel de Montaigne

Curious dialogues, Louis Armand de Lom D'Arce Lahontan

Distresses of a frontier man, J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur

Agrarian justice, Thomas Paine

Message from the Western Indians to the commisioners of the United States, the General Council of Indians at Miami Rapids

Epilogue: outcomes

The early republic and Pre-Civil War America: moral cures, poorhouses, and structural solutions

Third annual report, Boston Society for the Moral and Religious Instruction of the Poor

Report of the Committee on the Pauper Laws of this commonwealth, Quincy Committee

Address of the association of working people, Wilson Pierson and George McFarlane

Existing evils and their remedy, Frances Wright

The rights of man to property! Thomas Skidmore

Sleep not longer, o Choctaws and Chickasaws, Tecumseh

After the Civil War: the rise of labor and scientific charity

The Freedmen's Bureau, W.E.B. Du Bois

It is not right for me to live in poverty, Sitting Bull (Tatanka Iyotanka)

The army of the discontented, Terence Powderly

Woman wants bread, not the ballot! Susan B. Anthony

We seek liberty for the slave, Albert Parsons

Charity organization and the Buffalo plan, S. Humphreys Gurteen

The (un)progressive era

Public activities and investigations, Jane Addams

Child welfare standards: a test of democracy, Julia Lathrop

Industrial education for the negro, Booker T. Washington

Coxey and his aims, Henry Vincent

The social elements of the Indian problem, Arthur Parker (Gawaso Wanneh)

The Socialist Party's appeal, Eugene Debs

The great depression and the new deal era

The importance of the preservation of self-help and of the responsibilities of individual generosity as opposed to deteriorating effects of government appropriations, Herbert Hoover

Houses of hospitality, Dorothy Day

Civil works, Harry Hopkins

Redistribution of wealth, Huey Long

Immediate epic, Upton Sinclair

Social security, Frances Perkins

Workers' unemployment, old-age, and social insurance bill, Ernest Lundeen

The war on poverty

Where do we go from here? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The ballot or the bullet, Malcolm X

We give you a hand up, not a handout, Sargent Shriver

Welfare is a women's issue, Johnnie Tillman

The poorest of the poor and weakest of the weak, Cesar Chavez

The Alcatraz proclamation to the great white father and his people, Indians of all nations

Dismantling the new deal and war on poverty: contemporary solutions

Eliminating hunger in America, Physician Task Force on Hunger in America

Making homelessness go away: politics and policy, Douglas A. Timmer, D. Stanley Eitzen, and Kathryn D. Talley

Living wage, live action, Robert Pollin

Labor leaders and allies call for repeal of Taft Hartley Act, Tony Mazzocchi, Bruce J. Klipple, Kay McVay, Ralph Nader, and Thomas Geoghegan

We demand fair trade, not free trade, Brian McWilliams

The hidden agenda: from group-specific to universal programs of reform

William Julius Wilson

America's debt to blacks, Randall Robinson

Faith-based charities work daily miracles, George W. Bush

Building assets to fight poverty, Michael Sherraden

We know the creation stories of our people, Carrie Dann

Index.

Notes:

"Great Barrington books"--P. [ii].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-330) and index.

ISBN:

1594512108

1594512116

OCLC:

67240490

Publisher Number:

9781594512100

9781594512117