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Poverty and the Underclass: Changing Perceptions of the Poor in America -- by William Kelso (Author) (Book)
": In this timely work, William Kelso analyzes how the persistence of poverty has reversed liberal and conservative positions during the last thirty years. While liberals in the 1960s hoped to...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Harry Sue -- by Sue Stauffacher (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Product Description "Harry Sue Clotkin is tough. Her mom's in the slammer and she wants to get there, too, as fast as possible, so they can be together. But it's not so easy to become a juvenile...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Five Points: The 19th-Century New York City Neighborhood That Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections, and Became The World's Most Notorious Slum -- by Tyler Anbinder (Author) (Book)
"In the 19th century, the Five Points district in lower Manhattan was New York City's most noxious slum, teeming with wretchedly poor Irish, German, Italian, and Chinese immigrants and African...
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Age groups: Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
Juvenile Violence in a Winner-Loser Culture: Socio-Economic and Familial Origins of the Rise of Violence against the Person -- by Oliver James (Author) (Book)
Using their own official statistics, author Oliver James demonstrates that Home Office claims that violence has not been growing are false. Public debates about violence tend to centre on single-cause...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Patient Children: Conditions of Poverty and the Use of Hospital-Based Ambulatory Care -- by Beth Weitzman (Author) (Book)
"Examines the use of hospital services by children of the poor in New York City, drawing on out-patient hospital records and community-level information to assess the degree to which use of emergency...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Money Hungry -- by Sharon Flake (Author) (Book)
"The author of The Skin I'm In offers another provocative slice of city life, vibrantly evoking its sights, sounds and smells. With her brassy voice and saucy attitude, 13-year-old Raspberry Hill...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Project Self Discovery: Artistic Alternatives for High Risk Youth -- by Kenneth Wanberg, Harvey Milkman, Cleo Robinson (Authors) (Book - Parent)
"This book provides a comprehensive description of Projects Self Discovery (PSD), a national demonstration model, that uses artistic alternatives as a vehicle for transforming the lives of high-risk...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Shelter Poverty: New Ideas on Housing Affordability -- by Michael Stone (Author) (Book)
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
The Urban Housing Crisis: Social, Economic, and Legal Issues and Proposals, Vol. 90 -- by Arlene Zarembka (Author) (Book)
"This concise yet comprehensive new book zeroes in on four major aspects of the current housing crisis: financing, production and preservation, discrimination, and displacement. In each of these...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Poverty in America -- by John Iceland (Author) (Book)
"In an in-depth look at trends, patterns, and causes of poverty in the United States, John Iceland combines the latest statistical information, historical data, and social scientific theory to provide...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)