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A description and analysis of the widespread poverty which exists concurrently with the affluent society in America
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Review:
"An excellent book--and a most important one." -"The New Yorker"
"The Other America "is a "scream of rage, a call to conscience." -"The New York Times Book Review"
"Mike Harrington has made more Americans more uncomfortable for more good reasons than any other person I know. For most people, that would be achievement enough. But for Mike it was only the beginning--because the more he saw that was wrong with America, the harder he fought to make it right." -Senator Edward Kennedy
An excellent book and a most important one. "The New Yorker""
Mike Harrington has made more Americans more uncomfortable for more good reasons than any other person I know. For most people, that would be achievement enough. But for Mike it was only the beginning because the more he saw that was wrong with America, the harder he fought to make it right. Senator Edward Kennedy"
"The Other America "is a scream of rage, a call to conscience. "The New York Times Book Review""
An excellent book and a most important one. The New Yorker"
Mike Harrington has made more Americans more uncomfortable for more good reasons than any other person I know. For most people, that would be achievement enough. But for Mike it was only the beginning because the more he saw that was wrong with America, the harder he fought to make it right. Senator Edward Kennedy"
The Other America is a scream of rage, a call to conscience. The New York Times Book Review"
"An excellent book--and a most important one." -The New Yorker
"Mike Harrington has made more Americans more uncomfortable for more good reasons than any other person I know. For most people, that would be achievement enough. But for Mike it was only the beginning--because the more he saw that was wrong with America, the harder he fought to make it right." -Senator Edward Kennedy
The Other America is a "scream of rage, a call to conscience." -The New York Times Book Review
About the Author:
"The Other America "is a "scream of rage, a call to conscience." -"The New York Times Book Review"
"Mike Harrington has made more Americans more uncomfortable for more good reasons than any other person I know. For most people, that would be achievement enough. But for Mike it was only the beginning--because the more he saw that was wrong with America, the harder he fought to make it right." -Senator Edward Kennedy
An excellent book and a most important one. "The New Yorker""
Mike Harrington has made more Americans more uncomfortable for more good reasons than any other person I know. For most people, that would be achievement enough. But for Mike it was only the beginning because the more he saw that was wrong with America, the harder he fought to make it right. Senator Edward Kennedy"
"The Other America "is a scream of rage, a call to conscience. "The New York Times Book Review""
An excellent book and a most important one. The New Yorker"
Mike Harrington has made more Americans more uncomfortable for more good reasons than any other person I know. For most people, that would be achievement enough. But for Mike it was only the beginning because the more he saw that was wrong with America, the harder he fought to make it right. Senator Edward Kennedy"
The Other America is a scream of rage, a call to conscience. The New York Times Book Review"
"An excellent book--and a most important one." -The New Yorker
"Mike Harrington has made more Americans more uncomfortable for more good reasons than any other person I know. For most people, that would be achievement enough. But for Mike it was only the beginning--because the more he saw that was wrong with America, the harder he fought to make it right." -Senator Edward Kennedy
The Other America is a "scream of rage, a call to conscience." -The New York Times Book Review
Born in Missouri in 1928, Michael Harrington was a writer, political activist, theorist, professor, commentator, and founding member of the Democratic Socialists of America. During his time as editor for New America, he wrote his seminal text The Other America: Poverty in the United States, a bestseller that has been credited for sparking the War on Poverty. A frequent writer, Harrington wrote fifteen books and has had articles publishes in journals such as The New Republic, The Nation, and many others. He married in 1963 and had two children. He died in 1989.
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- PublisherMacmillan Pub Co
- Publication date1970
- ISBN 10 0025482300
- ISBN 13 9780025482302
- BindingHardcover
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