Search Results - "War on poverty"

Shakedown the continuing conspiracy against the American taxpayer / by Malanga, Steven

Table of Contents: “…The conspiracy against the taxpayers -- The bill is coming due -- California's road to serfdom -- The mob that whacked New Jersey -- We don't need another war on poverty -- America's worst urban program -- The movement to undermine welfare reforms -- The religious left, reborn -- The advocates and Washington's housing disorders -- A culture of entitlement everywhere.…”
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A public charity religion and social welfare in Indianapolis, 1929-2002 / by Mapes, Mary L. (Mary Lynne)

Table of Contents: “…Catholic Charities and the making of the welfare state -- A city of families : social welfare and postwar prosperity -- Rediscovering poverty, redefining community : religion, the civil rights movement, and the war on poverty -- "Beyond religious boundaries" : urban ministry and social order -- "One soul at a time" : welfare reform and faith-based organizations.…”
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The struggle in Black and brown African American and Mexican American relations during the civil rights era /

Table of Contents: “…Behnken -- Complicating the beloved community: the student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the National Farm Workers Association / Lauren Araiza -- The Neighborhood Adult Participation Project: Black-brown strife in the war on poverty in Los Angeles / Robert Bauman -- "Mexican versus negro approaches" to the war on poverty: Black-brown competition and the Office of Economic Opportunity in Texas / William Clayson -- Cesar and Martin, March '68 / Jorge Mariscal -- Black, brown, and poor: civil rights and the making of the Chicano movement / Gordon Mantler -- Brown-eyed soul: popular music and cultural politics in Los Angeles / Luis Alvarez and Daniel Widener -- Raising a neighborhood: informal networks between African American and Mexican American women in South Central Los Angeles / Abigail Rosas -- A new day in Babylon: African American and Mexican American relations at the dawn of the millennium / Matthew C. …”
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The struggle in Black and brown African American and Mexican American relations during the civil rights era /

Table of Contents: “…Behnken -- Complicating the beloved community: the student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the National Farm Workers Association / Lauren Araiza -- The Neighborhood Adult Participation Project: Black-brown strife in the war on poverty in Los Angeles / Robert Bauman -- "Mexican versus negro approaches" to the war on poverty: Black-brown competition and the Office of Economic Opportunity in Texas / William Clayson -- Cesar and Martin, March '68 / Jorge Mariscal -- Black, brown, and poor: civil rights and the making of the Chicano movement / Gordon Mantler -- Brown-eyed soul: popular music and cultural politics in Los Angeles / Luis Alvarez and Daniel Widener -- Raising a neighborhood: informal networks between African American and Mexican American women in South Central Los Angeles / Abigail Rosas -- A new day in Babylon: African American and Mexican American relations at the dawn of the millennium / Matthew C. …”
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In the crossfire Marcus Foster and the troubled history of American school reform / by Spencer, John Palmer

Table of Contents: “…Schooling as social reform: racial uplift, liberalism, and the making of a black educator -- Combating cultural deprivation: urban educators and the war on poverty -- Victims, not hoodlums: urban schools and the crisis of liberalism -- Black power, "people power": holding schools accountable for black achievement -- Beyond community control: accountability and achievement in the Oakland public schools -- Epilogue: legacies of the 1960s in American school reform.…”
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In the crossfire Marcus Foster and the troubled history of American school reform / by Spencer, John Palmer

Table of Contents: “…Schooling as social reform: racial uplift, liberalism, and the making of a black educator -- Combating cultural deprivation: urban educators and the war on poverty -- Victims, not hoodlums: urban schools and the crisis of liberalism -- Black power, "people power": holding schools accountable for black achievement -- Beyond community control: accountability and achievement in the Oakland public schools -- Epilogue: legacies of the 1960s in American school reform.…”
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The tejano diaspora Mexican Americanism and ethnic politics in Texas and Wisconsin / by Rodriguez, Marc S., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Post-World War II Mexican Americanism in Crystal City, Texas -- Inclusion and Mexican Americanism : high school acculturation and ethnic politics in Crystal City -- Activism across the diaspora : the tejano farmworker movement in Wisconsin -- Making a migrant village in the city : tejanos and the war on poverty in Milwaukee -- Circular activist flows and the rise of La Raza Unida Party in Texas -- Conclusion : of diaspora, political economy, and the politics of Mexican America.…”
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The tejano diaspora Mexican Americanism and ethnic politics in Texas and Wisconsin / by Rodriguez, Marc S., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Post-World War II Mexican Americanism in Crystal City, Texas -- Inclusion and Mexican Americanism : high school acculturation and ethnic politics in Crystal City -- Activism across the diaspora : the tejano farmworker movement in Wisconsin -- Making a migrant village in the city : tejanos and the war on poverty in Milwaukee -- Circular activist flows and the rise of La Raza Unida Party in Texas -- Conclusion : of diaspora, political economy, and the politics of Mexican America.…”
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New Orleans after the promises poverty, citizenship, and the search for the Great Society / by Germany, Kent B., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…-- A European-African-Caribbean-American-Southern city -- Establishing the early war on poverty -- Building community action -- Challenging the establishment and the color line -- Making better and happier citizens -- Defusing the southern powder keg -- Making workers and jobs -- Making groceries -- Making a model New Orleans -- The thugs united and the politics of manhood -- Women, welfare, and political mobilization -- Acronyms, liberalism, and electoral politics, 1969-1971 -- Panthers, snipers, and the limits of liberalism -- Conclusion: Prelude to Katrina.…”
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New Orleans after the promises poverty, citizenship, and the search for the Great Society / by Germany, Kent B., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…-- A European-African-Caribbean-American-Southern city -- Establishing the early war on poverty -- Building community action -- Challenging the establishment and the color line -- Making better and happier citizens -- Defusing the southern powder keg -- Making workers and jobs -- Making groceries -- Making a model New Orleans -- The thugs united and the politics of manhood -- Women, welfare, and political mobilization -- Acronyms, liberalism, and electoral politics, 1969-1971 -- Panthers, snipers, and the limits of liberalism -- Conclusion: Prelude to Katrina.…”
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The politically incorrect guide to the sixties by Leaf, Jonathan

Table of Contents: “…-- The unwarranted court : Earl Warren and his battle against the Constitution -- Camelot as it really was -- Johnson's war on poverty--and common sense -- The Vietnam war : snatching defeat from the jaws of victory -- The birth of the counter counterculture.…”
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Women and poverty in 21st century America by Dail, Paula W.

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The politically incorrect guide to the sixties by Leaf, Jonathan

Table of Contents: “…-- The unwarranted court : Earl Warren and his battle against the Constitution -- Camelot as it really was -- Johnson's war on poverty--and common sense -- The Vietnam war : snatching defeat from the jaws of victory -- The birth of the counter counterculture.…”
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Women and poverty in 21st century America by Dail, Paula W.

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Reinventing foreign aid

Table of Contents: “…Three new insitutions designed to improve aid effectiveness / Steven Radelet and Ruth Levine -- Competing with central planning : marketplaces for international aid / Dennis Whittle and Mari Kuraishi -- Placing enterprise and business thinking at the heart of the war on poverty / Kurt Hoffman -- Avoid hubris: and other lessons for reformers / John McMillan -- Seven deadly sins: reflections on donor fallings / Nancy Birdsall.…”
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Reinventing foreign aid

Table of Contents: “…Three new insitutions designed to improve aid effectiveness / Steven Radelet and Ruth Levine -- Competing with central planning : marketplaces for international aid / Dennis Whittle and Mari Kuraishi -- Placing enterprise and business thinking at the heart of the war on poverty / Kurt Hoffman -- Avoid hubris: and other lessons for reformers / John McMillan -- Seven deadly sins: reflections on donor fallings / Nancy Birdsall.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view