If you came this way : a journey through the lives of the underclass / Peter Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor--United States--Case studies.

Poor.

United States--Social conditions.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Open Road Distribution, [1995]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At each stage of their lives-from infant cribs to teen dropouts to welfare dependents to basement shelters for the elderly-the people of the underclass are shunned by the rest of the population, even by the working poor. The cycle is vicious: Underclass children get little help in their own homes (when they have homes); they are shoved aside at school until they drop out like their parents did; they are unable to find decent work without an education; they have children of their own for whom they cannot provide adequate care; and finally, they are dumped into human (but inhumane) warehouses fo

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 · Is This Trip Necessary?; 2 · Packing for the Journey; 3 · Babies and Children: Born There; 4 · Teenagers: Living in the Well; 5 · Working Hard, Hardly Working; 6 · Parents: Building the New Generation; 7 · Old and Poor: Where You Are Is Where You Stay; 8 · Journey's End; Acknowledgments; Copyright Page

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781497682122

1497682126