Poor America

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 The State of Poverty in the United States and Western Europe: Five Theoretical Approaches Seeking to Explain the Variance
Chapter 3 The Challenge to America: The State of Poor Relief in Western Europe and the United States
Chapter 4 The Historical Experience as a Partial Explanation
Chapter 5 Attitudes, Beliefs, and Values as an Explanation of the Variance
Chapter 6 Political Institutions as Explanations for the Contrast in Anti-Poverty Legislation in Western Europe and the United States
Chapter 7 The Role of Political Elites and the Elite System in Explaining Poverty Relief in the United States and Western Europe
Chapter 8 The Business Elite's Political Role in the United States Compared to Europe
Chapter 9 Historical Studies of Poverty in the United States, The Netherlands, Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, and Sweden
Chapter 10 Early American History of Poverty
Chapter 11 A History of Poverty in Western Europe: The Dutch Experience
Chapter 12 The Early French and Belgian History of Poverty to 1900
Chapter 13 The English Historical Experience with Poverty
Chapter 14 Sweden and Germany's Historical Experience with Poverty
Chapter 15 Final Observations: The Twentieth Century and Today
Chapter 16 The Finalization of Social Reform and Anti-Poverty Legislation in the United States and Western Europe in the 20th Century
Chapter 17 Conclusion: What Are the Prospects?