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008			080410s2008 nyum b a001 0 eng
020			_a9781565849341
035			_a(AEA)D811D3348C3847B2AF307F5DA6E1B0C0
050			_aHC 110.P6 _b.P649 2008
100			_aPimpare, Stephen. _9110064
245		2	_aA people's history of poverty in America / _cStephen Pimpare.
260			_aNew York : _bNew Press :;Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., _cc2008.
300			_axii, 322 p. _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [247]-304) and index.
505			_aIntroduction : 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.
520			_aIn 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
650			_aPoor _zUnited States _971004
650			_aPoverty _zUnited States _9109199
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