Sweet Charity? Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement

Name: Sweet Charity? Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement
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ISBN: 9780140245561

ISBN-10: 0140245561

ISBN-13: 9780140245561

Edition: 1999

Authors: Janet Poppendieck

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Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.11" wide x 7.72" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Janet Poppendieckis Professor of Sociology at Hunter College, City University of New York. She is the author ofSweet Charity? Emergency Food and the End of EntitlementandBreadlines Knee Deep in Wheat: Food Assistance in the Great Depression.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Charity for All



Who Eats Emergency Food?



The Rise of Emergency Food



Institutionalization: From Shoestring to Stability



The Uses of Emergency Food



The Seductions of Charity



What's Wrong with Emergency Food? The Seven Deadly "Ins"



Charity and Dignity



The Ultimate Band-Aid


Conclusion


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index