{"product_id":"the-other-america-9780684826783","title":"The Other America","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the fifty years since it was published, \u003ci\u003eThe Other America \u003c\/i\u003ehas been established as a seminal work of sociology. This anniversary edition includes Michael Harrington's essays on poverty in the 1970s and '80s as well as a new introduction by Harrington's biographer, Maurice Isserman. This illuminating, profoundly moving classic is still all too relevant for today's America.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Michael Harrington's masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Other America\u003c\/i\u003e, was first published in 1962, it was hailed as an explosive work and became a galvanizing force for the war on poverty. Harrington shed light on the lives of the poor--from farm to city--and the social forces that relegated them to their difficult situations. He was determined to make poverty in the United States visible and his observations and analyses have had a profound effect on our country, radically changing how we view the poor and the policies we employ to help them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarrington, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - 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 \u003ci\u003eNew America\u003c\/i\u003e, he wrote his seminal text \u003ci\u003eThe Other America: Poverty in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic, The Nation, \u003c\/i\u003eand many others. He married in 1963 and had two children. He died in 1989.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725317476626,"sku":"9780684826783","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d7dd8640-d89c-4381-8f8a-f621e6d3174a.jpg?v=1734825375","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-other-america-9780684826783","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}