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A People's History of Poverty in America-Pimpar
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Binding
- Paperback
- Product Group
- Book
- Signed
- No
- Book Series
- Historical
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Inscribed
- No
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- IsTextBook
- No
- Vintage
- No
- Personalize
- No
- Personalized
- No
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9781595586728
- Book Title
- People's History of Poverty in America
- Publisher
- New Press, T.H.E.
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Social Science, History
- Topic
- Poverty & Homelessness, United States / General
- Item Weight
- 14 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
New Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1595586725
ISBN-13
9781595586728
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92880282
Product Key Features
Book Title
People's History of Poverty in America
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Poverty & Homelessness, United States / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
14 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"Reveals not only the terrible want but the sharply punishing indignity of being poor in a culture that celebrates affluence." --Frances Fox Piven, author of Poor People's Movements "The voices of the poor give valuable insights into the experience of poverty." -- Choice "A must read for anyone interested in learning the real story of poverty, social welfare policy, and social change." --Mimi Abramovitz, Hunter College School of Social Work and the Graduate Center, CUNY "A concise and distinctive bottom-up history." -- Library Journal "This book is long overdue. Stephen Pimpare reveals how long-standing American societal prejudices have led to poverty policy that regulates, exploits, and dehumanizes the poor rather than addressing the root causes." --Sondra Youdelman, Community Voices Heard, [A] sympathetic social history that allows poor people, past and present, to tell their own remarkably similar stories. - Booklist A concise and distinctive bottomup history. - Library Journal The voices of the poor give valuable insights into the experience of poverty. - Choice [A] deft and highly readable weaving of historical and contemporary material . . . . This is exactly the history that needs to be uncovered in America today. - Socialist Worker, Reveals not only the terrible want but the sharply punishing indignity of being poor in a culture that celebrates affluence." --Frances Fox Piven, author of Poor People's Movements The voices of the poor give valuable insights into the experience of poverty." -- Choice A must read for anyone interested in learning the real story of poverty, social welfare policy, and social change." --Mimi Abramovitz, Hunter College School of Social Work and the Graduate Center, CUNY A concise and distinctive bottom-up history." -- Library Journal This book is long overdue. Stephen Pimpare reveals how long-standing American societal prejudices have led to poverty policy that regulates, exploits, and dehumanizes the poor rather than addressing the root causes." --Sondra Youdelman, Community Voices Heard, "Reveals not only the terrible want but the sharply punishing indignity of being poor in a culture that celebrates affluence." -Frances Fox Piven, author of Poor People's Movements "The voices of the poor give valuable insights into the experience of poverty." - Choice "A must read for anyone interested in learning the real story of poverty, social welfare policy, and social change." -Mimi Abramovitz, Hunter College School of Social Work and the Graduate Center, CUNY "A concise and distinctive bottom-up history." - Library Journal "This book is long overdue. Stephen Pimpare reveals how long-standing American societal prejudices have led to poverty policy that regulates, exploits, and dehumanizes the poor rather than addressing the root causes." -Sondra Youdelman, Community Voices Heard
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Decimal
362.50973
Synopsis
In this compulsively readable social history, a brilliant new addition to The New Press' acclaimed People's History series, political scientist Stephen Pimpare vividly describes poverty from the perspective of the poor and welfare-reliant from the big city to the rural countryside. He focuses on how the poor have created community, secured shelter, Tens of millions of Americans currently live in poverty, more and more of them in extreme poverty. But the words we use to describe them tend to obscure rather than illuminate the human lives and real-life stories behind the statistics. A "sympathetic social history that allows poor people, past and present, to tell their own remarkably similar stories" ( Booklist ), A People's History of Poverty in America movingly brings to life poor people's everyday battles for dignity and respect in the face of the judgment, control, and disdain that are all too often the price they must pay for charity and government aid. Through prodigious research, Stephen Pimpare has unearthed poignant and often surprising testimonies and accounts that range from the early days of the United States to the complex social and economic terrain of the present. A work of sweeping analysis, A People's History of Poverty in America reminds us that poverty is not in itself a moral failure, though our failure to understand it may well be.
LC Classification Number
HC110.P6P56 2011
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