A people's history of poverty in America / Stephen Pimpare.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : New Press :;Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., c2008.Description: xii, 322 p. 24 cmISBN:- 9781565849341
- HC 110.P6 .P649 2008
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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American Learning Resource | Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center | HC 110.P6 .P649 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 9ALRC201101798 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-304) and index.
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.
In this compulsively readable social history, Pimpare vividly describes poverty from the perspective of poor and welfare-reliant Americans. He focuses on how the poor have created community, secured shelter, and found food, and illuminates their battles for dignity and respect. www.alibris.com
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