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A people's history of poverty in America / Stephen Pimpare.
Lippincott Library HC110.P6 P56 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pimpare, Stephen.
- Series:
- New Press people's history
- The New Press people's history series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poverty--United States--History.
- Poverty.
- Poor--United States--History.
- Poor.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 322 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., [2008]
- Contents:
- Introduction : the indignant poor and the constants of relief
- Survive : my brother's keeper
- Sleep : a place to call home
- Eat : dumpster diving
- Work : (in)dependence
- Love : women and children first
- Respect : the price of relief
- Escape : black and blue
- Surrender : a culture of poverty?
- Resist : bread or blood
- Epilogue : poor math.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-304) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781565849341
- 1565849345
- OCLC:
- 225533573
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