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Launching the war on poverty : an oral history, Michael L. Gillette
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- Summary
- 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 legislation 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 toward poverty. In Launching the War on Poverty, historian Michael L. Gillette weaves together oral history interviews with the architects of the Great Society's boldest experiment. Forty-nine former poverty warriors, including Sargent Shriver, Adam Yarmolinsky, and Lawrence O'Brien, recount this inside story of unprecedented governmental innovation. The interviews capture the excitement and heady optimism of Americans in the 1960s along with their conflicts and disillusionment. This new edition of Launching the War on Poverty adds the voice of Lyndon Johnson to the story with excerpts from his recently released White House telephone conversations. In these colorful and brutally candid conversations, LBJ exercises his full arsenal of presidential powers, political leverage, and legendary persuasiveness to win one of his most difficult legislative battles. The second edition also documents how the OEO's offspring survived their volatile origins to become broadly supported features of domestic policy
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Extent
- xx, 458 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Oral history interviews
- Isbn
- 9780195387278
- Label
- Launching the war on poverty : an oral history
- Title
- Launching the war on poverty
- Title remainder
- an oral history
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael L. Gillette
- Subject
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- Armut
- Asistencia económica doméstica -- Estados Unidos
- Economic assistance, Domestic
- Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States
- Estados Unidos -- Política social
- Estados Unidos -- Política y gobierno -- 1963-1969
- Interviews
- Pobreza -- Estados Unidos
- Politicians
- Politicians -- United States -- Interviews
- Politics and government
- Políticos -- Estados Unidos -- Entrevistas
- Poverty
- Poverty -- United States
- Social policy
- Sozialpolitik
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969
- United States -- Social policy
- 1963-1969
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 legislation 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 toward poverty. In Launching the War on Poverty, historian Michael L. Gillette weaves together oral history interviews with the architects of the Great Society's boldest experiment. Forty-nine former poverty warriors, including Sargent Shriver, Adam Yarmolinsky, and Lawrence O'Brien, recount this inside story of unprecedented governmental innovation. The interviews capture the excitement and heady optimism of Americans in the 1960s along with their conflicts and disillusionment. This new edition of Launching the War on Poverty adds the voice of Lyndon Johnson to the story with excerpts from his recently released White House telephone conversations. In these colorful and brutally candid conversations, LBJ exercises his full arsenal of presidential powers, political leverage, and legendary persuasiveness to win one of his most difficult legislative battles. The second edition also documents how the OEO's offspring survived their volatile origins to become broadly supported features of domestic policy
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gillette, Michael L
- Dewey number
- 362.5/80973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HC110.P63
- LC item number
- G54 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- The Oxford oral history series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Poverty
- Economic assistance, Domestic
- United States
- United States
- Politicians
- Economic assistance, Domestic
- Politics and government
- Politicians
- Poverty
- Social policy
- United States
- Armut
- Sozialpolitik
- USA
- Pobreza
- Asistencia económica doméstica
- Políticos
- Estados Unidos
- Estados Unidos
- Label
- Launching the war on poverty : an oral history, Michael L. Gillette
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-446), webography (p. 447-448) and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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 -- Oral history interviews
- Control code
- ocn438055299
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Extent
- xx, 458 pages
- Isbn
- 9780195387278
- Lccn
- 2009038655
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780195387278
- (OCoLC)438055299
- Label
- Launching the war on poverty : an oral history, Michael L. Gillette
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-446), webography (p. 447-448) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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 -- Oral history interviews
- Control code
- ocn438055299
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Extent
- xx, 458 pages
- Isbn
- 9780195387278
- Lccn
- 2009038655
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780195387278
- (OCoLC)438055299
Subject
- Armut
- Asistencia económica doméstica -- Estados Unidos
- Economic assistance, Domestic
- Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States
- Estados Unidos -- Política social
- Estados Unidos -- Política y gobierno -- 1963-1969
- Interviews
- Pobreza -- Estados Unidos
- Politicians
- Politicians -- United States -- Interviews
- Politics and government
- Políticos -- Estados Unidos -- Entrevistas
- Poverty
- Poverty -- United States
- Social policy
- Sozialpolitik
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969
- United States -- Social policy
- 1963-1969
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