President of the other America : Robert Kennedy and the politics of poverty / Edward R. Schmitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmitt, Edward R., 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.

Kennedy, Robert F.

Poverty--United States--History--20th century.

Poverty.

Presidents--United States--Election--1968.

Presidents.

United States--Social conditions--1960-1980.

United States.

United States--Social policy--20th century.

United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 324 p., [8] p. of plates ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : University of Massachusetts Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How Robert Kennedy emerged as a champion of the poor during the 1960s

Contents:

From the New Deal to the new frontier : postwar prosperity, poverty, and the Kennedys

At the fulcrum of the movement : deciding time

Poverty and justice : defining a federal role

Troubles and trials : from Dallas to Watts

The education of a senator : seeking a "greater society"

"Born in a storm" : the Bedford-Stuyvesant experiment

"It became his issue" : fighting for the war on poverty

"You can't deny these people the presidency" : the 1968 campaign.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-311) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61376-041-8

OCLC:

794700503