America's new war on poverty : a reader for action /

List of Program Profiles
About this Book
Foreword
Introduction
Seccession of the Successful
Poverty and Power
Are We a Humane Nation?
Sawdust p. 4
What Is Poverty? p. 14
So How Did I Get Here? p. 18
Sharers p. 31
Excerpt from Bastard Out of Carolina p. 41
The Circuit p. 45
The Manful Life of Nicholas, 10 p. 53
The Lesson p. 65
Lessons for a New War on Poverty: An interview with Marian Wright Edelman p. 76
Getting Nowhere p. 80
Getting the Facts of Life p. 88
On and Then Off Welfare: An interview with Jacqueline Pope p. 99
Douglas Wyoming: An oral history p. 101
Confronting Slaughter in the Streets p. 110
On the Meaning of Plumbing and Poverty p. 118
The Death of A Farm p. 124
Circling Raven p. 127
Daniel p. 136
Excerpt From Rachel and Her Children p. 142
Excerpt From The Milagro Beanfield War p. 152
Ernesto J. Cortes Jr.: Organizer: An interview p. 163
Travels p. 176
Inside Trey-Nine p. 182
The Triple Whammy: An interview with Sylvester Monroe p. 193
Like a Prison p. 196
In the Fields of King Coal p. 207
Working with Volunteers: An interview with Sue Ella Kobak p. 217
"Them" or "Us"? p. 220
Responsibility for Reducing Poverty p. 223
Communitarian vs. Individualistic Capitalism p. 227
Appendix A: Giving Service: Resources for Action as Citizen, Neighbor, Community Member and Employee p. 233
Appendix B: Policy, History and Poverty: An Annotated Bibliography p. 235
Appendix C: Stories and Voices: 35 Novels to Continue the Dialogue p. 239
About the contributors p. 243
Notes p. 244
Sources p. 246
Acknowledgments p. 248