What's Wrong with the Poor?: Psychiatry, Race, and the War on Poverty
(Part of the Studies in Social Medicine Series)
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In the 1960s, policymakers and mental health experts joined forces to participate in President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. In her insightful interdisciplinary history, physician and historian Mical Raz examines the interplay between psychiatric theory and social policy throughout that decade, ending with President Richard Nixon's 1971 veto of a bill that would have provided universal day care. She shows that this cooperation between mental health...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1469608871
ISBN13:9781469608877
Release Date:November 2013
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:264 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"
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