Poverty in America: An Encyclopedia

With 233 numbered pages, in four sections, including Alphabetical Entries, Documents in the History of American Poverty, a Bibliography, and an Index the editors of Poverty in America: An Encyclopedia have given us their own interpretation of the history, causes, effects, and cures for poverty in America. The depth of coverage is good and looks at the subject from many directions. Poverty is viewed as a problem from a historical perspective, as a social problem, a political problem, a problem for religion to solve, and as a literary subject.

The first section of the encyclopaedia comprises a List of Entries,...