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The experts' war on poverty : social research and the welfare agenda in postwar America / Romain D. Huret ; translated by John Angell.

Author/creator Huret, Romain author.
Other author/creatorAngell, John (Translator), translator.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Description1 online resource.
Supplemental Content EBSCOhost
Subject(s)
Uniform titleFin de la pauvreté? English
Series American institutions and society
American institutions and society. ^A1256139
Contents The poverty paradox -- The poverty culture -- The new Wisconsin idea -- Beyond affluent society -- An economist at war -- A Pyrrhic victory -- Uncertainty of numbers, certainty of decisions -- A doomed alternative.
Abstract "This book deals with the crusade and the postwar dream of experts in the field of poverty to eradicate poverty from the American soil"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Translated asTranslation of: Huret, Romain. Fin de la pauvreté?. Paris : Éditions de l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales, [2008] 9782713221620
Issued in other formPrint version: Huret, Romain, author. Experts' war on poverty Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2018 9780801450488
Genre/formElectronic books.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2018021283
ISBN9781501709531 (pdf)
ISBN1501709534
ISBN9781501712173 (epub/mobi)
ISBN1501712179
Stock number22573/ctt21g8p7n JSTOR

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