Poverty : changing attitudes, 1900-2000

This book looks at poverty over the last 100 years, and the causes of the global rich-poor divide.

One of a series, it examines how the class-based societies of the early twentieth century have gradually given way to a more meritocratic world, but one in which the divisions between rich and poor have grown even wider.

It surveys the history of poverty from the Great Depression of the 30s to the famines of the 80s and 90s , and discusses how people and governments have responded to the challenges of poverty.

The series, of which this book is a part, looks at some of the major social concerns of the past hundred years, and at how attitudes have changed between 1900 and today.

Each subject is examined within a global context and is illustrated with contemporary quotes from personalities and witnesses.

The books highlight historic events that marked or caused important shifts in the attitudes of society as a whole.