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Hidden War: Crime and the Tragedy of Public Housing in Chicago -- by Susan Popkin, Victoria Gwiasda, Lynn Olson, Larry Buron, Dennis Rosenbaum (Authors) (Book)
"Since the late 1970s, the high-rise developments of the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) have been dominated by gang violence and drugs, creating a sense of hopelessness among residents. Despite a...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass -- by Theodore Dalrymple (Author) (Book)
"Here is a searing account of life in the underclass and why it persists as it does, written by a British psychiatrist who treats the poor in a slum hospital and a prison in England. Dr. Dalrymple's...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Life at the Margins: Literacy, Language, and Technology in Everyday Life -- by Juliet Merrifield (Author) (Book)
From the Publisher "Unlike many books about adult literacy, which focus on abstract concepts related to test scores, this volume develops an understanding of literacy and illiteracy through the...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Uncle Tom's Cabin -- by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Author) (Book)
"Although the American anti-slavery movement had existed at least as long as the nation itself, Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) galvanized public opinion as nothing had before. The book sold 10,000...
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Age groups: Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
From Bolshoi to Be'er Sheva, Scientists to Streetsweepers: Cultural Dislocation among Soviet Immigrants in Israel -- by Allan Galper (Author) (Book)
"When over 400,000 Soviets immigrated to Israel between 1989 and 1992, they expected to be received warmly in the Jewish state, offered jobs, homes, and financial support. Quite to the contrary, they...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Rebuilding the Inner City: A History of Neighborhood Initiatives to Address Poverty in the United States -- by Robert Halpern (Author) (Book)
"Neighborhood-based initiatives - ranging from settlement houses in the nineteenth century to the Community Action and Model Cities program of the Great Society to the Empowerment and Enterprise Zones...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Smart Guide to Buying a Home -- by Alfred Glossbrenner (Author) (Book)
"Today's real estate market is hot. It is both a sellers and a buyers market. As a result more and more home buying books are being shelved and purchased at the retail level. This book covers all the...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Worlds Apart: Why Poverty Persists in Rural America -- by Cynthia Duncan (Author) (Book)
"This book takes us to three remote rural areas in the United States to hear the colorful stories of their residents: the poor and struggling, the rich and powerful, and those in between - as they...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
New American Blues: A Journey through Poverty to Democracy -- by Earl Shorris (Author) (Book)
"Shorris takes us inside the lives of the so that we understand who they are and see through their eyes the "surround of force" that is their horizon, that prevents them from achieving a full and true...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)