LEADER 00000cam a2200781Ia 4500 001 ocn649478986 003 OCoLC 005 20160527041229.6 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 100721s2010 enka ob 001 0 eng d 019 663076755|a781275498 020 9780199750689|q(electronic book) 020 0199750688|q(electronic book) 020 |z9780195387278|q(paperback ;|qalkaline paper) 020 |z0195387279|q(paperback ;|qalkaline paper) 024 8 9786612613449 035 (OCoLC)649478986|z(OCoLC)663076755|z(OCoLC)781275498 037 261344|bMIL 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dCDX|dIDEBK|dEBLCP|dE7B|dYDXCP|dOCLCQ |dMERUC|dIUL|dMHW|dOCLCQ|dDEBSZ|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO |dOCLCQ|dOCL 043 n-us--- 049 RIDW 050 4 HC110.P63|bG54 2010eb 072 7 SOC|x045000|2bisacsh 082 04 362.5/80973|222 090 HC110.P63|bG54 2010eb 100 1 Gillette, Michael L.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names /n85347769 245 10 Launching the war on poverty :|ban oral history /|cMichael L. Gillette. 250 2nd ed. 264 1 Oxford ;|aNew York :|bOxford University Press,|c2010. 300 1 online resource (xx, 458 pages) :|billustrations. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 490 1 The Oxford oral history series 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Camelot confronts the culture of poverty -- The war on poverty task force -- Creating the community action program -- Employment versus poverty -- Rural programs -- The enactment of poverty legislation -- The office of economic opportunity: "the most action in town" -- The job corps -- The community action program -- An early success: Project Head Start -- Advocates for the poor : VISTA and the legal services program -- Delegated programs -- Challenges to Head Start -- The job corps under siege -- "Keeping the trash in one pile": legislative battles -- OEO's struggle to endure -- Epilogue and assessments. 520 Head Start, Job Corps, Foster Grandparents, College Work- Study, VISTA, Community Action, and the Legal Services Corporation are familiar programs, but their tumultuous beginning has been largely forgotten. Conceived amid the daring idealism of the 1960s, these programs originated as weapons in Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, an offensive spearheaded by a controversial new government agency. Within months, the Office of Economic Opportunity created an array of unconventional initiatives that empowered the poor, challenged the established order, and ultimately transformed the nation's attitudes. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 648 7 1963-1969|2fast 650 0 Poverty|zUnited States.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh2008109904 650 0 Economic assistance, Domestic|zUnited States.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040782 650 0 Politicians|zUnited States|vInterviews.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109745 650 7 Poverty.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1074093 650 7 Economic assistance, Domestic.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/901671 650 7 Social policy.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1122738 650 7 Politics and government.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/ fast/1919741 650 7 Politicians.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1069915 651 0 United States|xSocial policy.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85140547 651 0 United States|xPolitics and government|y1963-1969.|0https: //id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140470 651 7 United States.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155 655 0 Electronic books|xInterviews. 655 4 Electronic books. 655 4 Electronic books|xInterviews. 655 7 Interviews.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423832 655 7 Interviews.|2lcgft|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ genreForms/gf2014026115 776 08 |iPrint version:|aGillette, Michael L.|tLaunching the war on poverty.|b2nd ed.|dOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010|z9780195387278|w(DLC) 2009038655 |w(OCoLC)438055299 830 0 Oxford oral history series.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/no2009117661 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=322524|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20160616|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID