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The poverty of the world : rediscovering the poor at home and abroad, 1941-1968 / Sheyda F.A. Jahanbani.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jahanbani, Sheyda F. A., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poverty--Prevention--Government policy--United States.
- Poverty.
- Poverty--International cooperation.
- Economic assistance, American--History--20th century.
- Economic assistance, American.
- Economic assistance, Domestic--United States--History--20th century.
- Economic assistance, Domestic.
- Liberalism--United States--History--20th century.
- Liberalism.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
- United States.
- United States--Economic policy--20th century.
- United States--Social policy.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- Exploring the origins of a conception of global poverty in 20th century American thought, this text argues that a group of liberals worked to advance a vision of American power in the world that put poverty-fighting at its centre.
- Contents:
- Cover
- The Poverty of the World
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: "The World's Problem in Miniature": Global Poverty in the American Century
- 1. "This World-Wide Need": John Collier and the Origins of the Global War on Poverty
- 2. "Not Modern Men": Oscar Lewis's Theory of Global Poverty
- 3. "The Only War We Seek": Discovering World Poverty and Building an Empire of Affluence
- 4. "Challenge to Affluence": Promoting Poverty-Fighting as the National Purpose
- 5. "The United States Contains an Underdeveloped Nation": World Poverty Comes Home
- 6. "One Global War on Poverty": Building a Volunteer Army for the Empire of Affluence
- 7. "Living Poor": Representing the Global War on Poverty
- Conclusion: Neither Peace nor Honor Won: Retreat in the Global War on Poverty
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2023.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 14, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-774604-7
- 0-19-774602-0
- 0-19-774603-9
- OCLC:
- 1395180497
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