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Poverty in Canada and the United States. Overview [by H. Chaiklin, S.M. Miller, M. Rein a.o.] and annotated bibliography. Ed. consultant F. Strakhovsky

An annotated bibliography includes 589 selected references in varied areas related to the multi-disciplined approach to poverty. With the exception of some historical items, materials date from 1960 to june 1966 and are readily available. Few unpublished materials are included. There are about eight times as many american references as canadian. Categories include mental and physical health, law, housing, family life, rural and urban areas, and social services. A critical overview of the attack on poverty in the united states and a canadian profile of poverty together with the various anti-poverty programs suggested by the canadian government are presented. The appendix contains a list of 126 articles on poverty found in popular periodicals and a list of 26 bibliographies on poverty or related topics. Except for well-known publishing houses, a complete list of addresses of the sources of the material is given, as well as an author index. This document is available from the university of toronto press, toronto, canada. (Ly).

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