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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>In the fifty years since it was published, <i>The Other America </i>has 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.</b> <p/>When Michael Harrington's masterpiece, <i>The Other America</i>, 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b><i>The Other America </i></b><b>is a "scream of rage, a call to conscience." -<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><br><b>"An excellent book--and a most important one." -<i>The New Yorker</i></b><br><br><b>"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</b><br>

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