On Undrstdg Poverty

by Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Basic Books, 1969, Good., Text clean. 425 pages. Mended tear in front cover. Perspectives on Poverty,1. [Social Studies] Out-of-print and antiquarian booksellers since 1933. We pack and ship with care.

425 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1969

About the author

Daniel Patrick “Pat” Moynihan was an American politician and sociologist. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected to the United States Senate for New York in 1976, and was re-elected three times (in 1982, 1988, and 1994). He declined to run for re-election in 2000. Prior to his years in the Senate, Moynihan was the United States' ambassador to the United Nations and to India, and was a member of four successive presidential administrations, beginning with the administration of John F. Kennedy, and continuing through Gerald Ford.