Poverty in America  Tags: poverty_in_america poor war_on_poverty ugl_subject_guide ugl  

Poverty in the U.S.
Poverty in America
Poverty
Poor
Impoverished
Poverty in Cities
War on Poverty
Ghettos
Welfare

According to the Oxford Companion to United States History, “poverty has always been a serious problem in America. Throughout its history, large numbers of Americans have been unable to purchase food, shelter, and clothing, or to achieve a reasonable standard of living according to the standards of their time.” The issue of poverty can be studied from many different views. Some examples are from a political, sociological, environmental, and cultural aspect.

JCM 2/28/08