ÝPatterson's¨ perspective on poverty continues to be an influential
one in the debate about which policies help and which hurt the
poor...Readers will be reminded of many things they had forgotten,
will learn some things they never knew, and will be provoked to new
questions. -- Herbert Stein "Fortune"
A rich and complex book Ýthat will¨ set high standards for future
work. -- Julie Roy Jeffrey "Journal of Social History"
A splendid introduction to and review of the attitudes in the
United States toward the poor and of efforts to ameliorate their
condition...Patterson treats his subject with verve, energy, and
considerable style...No one with any interest in the subject can
afford to ignore it. -- Daniel J. Leab "Political Science
Quarterly"
Patterson...adds a useful part to the complex puzzle of fluctuating
interrelationships between perceptions and widescale cyclical and
structural poverty. In the process, he debunks much of the
mythology and stereotyping of poor people, especially ethnic poor
and the culture of poverty thesis...Well-written, copiously
documented. -- Joseph F. Wilson "American Political Science Review"
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