Locked in the Poorhouse Cities, Race, and Poverty in the United States |
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| Editor:
| Harris, Fred R.
Curtis, Lynn A. |
| Contribution by:
| Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne
Currie, Elliott
Duncan, Greg J.
Jargowsky, Paul A.
Martin, Molly
Quane, James M.
Rankin, Bruce H.
Sandefur, Gary
Taylor, William L.
Wells, Thomas
Wilson, William Julius |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8476-9135-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1998 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $28.95 |
Book Description:
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Poverty in the United States is worse than it was 30 years ago when the original Kerner Commission Report was issued: The poor get poorer even in the midst of a U.S. economic boom, the country is resegregating, and poor African-Americans and Hispanics are becoming concentrated in cities from which it is even harder to escape. This book shows what works and what doesn't in dealing with these problems and offers practical policy recommendations for changing America's present course.
Poverty in the United States is worse than it was 30 years ago when the original Kerner Commission Report was issued: The poor get poorer even in the midst of a U.S. economic boom, the country is resegregating, and poor African-Americans and Hispanics are becoming concentrated in cities from which it is even harder to escape. This book shows what works and what doesn't in dealing with these problems and offers practical policy recommendations for changing America's present course.