![]() Indeed, tackling poverty became a central focus of much of the public policy of the 1960s - most notably with President Lyndon B. Kennedy, and quickly put the issue of poverty in America into public view. Collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks china Digitizing sponsor Internet Archive Contributor Internet Archive Language English. ![]() Publication date 1994 Topics Poor - United States, Poverty - United States Publisher Collier Books, Macmillan Pub. Dimensions: 8.40in - 5.40in - 0.70in - 0. In the fifty years since it was published, The Other America has been established as a seminal work of sociology. The Other America, published in 1962, found its way into the hands of President John F. The other America by Harrington, Michael.He was determined to make poverty in the United States visible and his observations and analyses have had a profound effect on our country, radically changing how we view the poor and the policies we employ to help them Book Details Harrington shed light on the lives of the poor-from farm to city-and the social forces that relegated them to their difficult situations. When Michael Harrington's masterpiece, The Other America, was first published in 1962, it was hailed as an explosive work and became a galvanizing force for the war on poverty. This illuminating, profoundly moving classic is still all too relevant for today's America. ![]() ![]() This anniversary edition includes Michael Harrington's essays on poverty in the 1970s and '80s as well as a new introduction by Harrington's biographer, Maurice Isserman. In the fifty years since it was published, The Other America has been established as a seminal work of sociology. ![]()
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