Poorly understood : what America gets wrong about poverty / Mark Robert Rank, Lawrence M. Eppard, an...
Poorly understood : what America gets wrong about poverty / Mark Robert Rank, Lawrence M. Eppard, an...
Poorly understood : what America gets wrong about poverty / Mark Robert Rank, Lawrence M. Eppard, and Heather E. Bullock.
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
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G 2021/2524
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English
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viii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Section I: Who Are the Poor? -- Most Americans Will Experience Poverty -- Poor Tend to Live Outside of Impoverished Inner City -- Poverty Spells Are Short but Frequent -- Whites Are the Largest Racial Group Experiencing Poverty -- Section II: Why Is There Poverty? -- Hard Work is Insufficient -- Rai...
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2021]
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Summary
What if the idealized image of American society--a land of opportunity that will reward hard work with economic success--is completely wrong? Few topics have as many myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions surrounding them as that of poverty in America. The poor have been badly misunderstood since the beginnings of the country, with the rhetoric onl...
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Poorly understood : what America gets wrong about poverty / Mark Robert Rank, Lawrence M. Eppard, and Heather E. Bullock.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2021
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G 2021/2524
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74VKaXapjjLX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaXapjjLX
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ISBN
0190881380
9780190881382
DDC
362.50973
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991024435928702626
