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America's shame : women and children in shelter and the degradation of family roles / Barbara A. Arrighi.
Van Pelt Library HV4506.K4 A77 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arrighi, Barbara A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shelters for the homeless--Kentucky--Case studies.
- Shelters for the homeless.
- Homeless women--Kentucky--Case studies.
- Homeless women.
- Homeless children--Kentucky--Case studies.
- Homeless children.
- Poor women--Kentucky--Case studies.
- Poor women.
- Poor children--Kentucky--Case studies.
- Poor children.
- Family policy--United States.
- Family policy.
- United States.
- Kentucky.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 138 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1997.
- Summary:
- While the American family is held to be sacrosanct, societal responses to struggling families in deep poverty amount to a betrayal of children, whose needs are unmet by their primary caretakers and are further denied by public policymakers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275957322
- OCLC:
- 35796502
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