American Poverty: Presidential Failures and a Call to Action

by Woody Klein

Poverty has been a fact of American life since the nation's founding; every American president has faced this scourge during his administration in one way or another. Whether bound up in the problems of slavery, immigration, or the recent financial and housing crises, the cycle of poverty has bedeviled presidents, policymakers, legislators, and scholars for more than two centuries. Yet poverty is increasing, not disappearing. One out of three Americans...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612341942
• ISBN13: 9781612341941
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"