Poverty & unemployment books

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The Rookeries of London: Past, Present and Prospective. - Scholar's Choice Edition

The Rookeries of London: Past, Present and Prospective....

Author: Thomas Beames
ISBN: 9781296024277
Format: Paperback
$81.18

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

The Hero's Fight: African Americans in West Baltimore and the Shadow of the State

The Hero's Fight: African Americans in West Baltimore...

Author: Patricia Fernández-Kelly
ISBN: 9780691162843
Format: Hardback
$67.99

Baltimore was once a vibrant manufacturing town, but today, with factory closings and steady job loss since the...  Read More >>

Safety Nets in Africa: Effective Mechanisms to Reach the Poor and Most Vulnerable

Safety Nets in Africa: Effective Mechanisms to Reach...

Author: Carlo Del Ninno ,  Bradford Mills
ISBN: 9781464804359
Format: Paperback
$71.95

Given that most African countries face difficult decisions about how to allocate limited resources among different...  Read More >>

Basic Income: A Transformative Policy for India

Basic Income: A Transformative Policy for India

Author: Sarath Davala ,  Renana Jhabvala
ISBN: 9781472583109
Format: Hardback
$240.00

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La chanson des gueux

La chanson des gueux

Author: Jean Richepin
ISBN: 9785519246750
Format: Paperback
$103.37

La chanson des gueux This book, La chanson des gueux , by Jean Richepin, is a replication of a book originally...  Read More >>

Blake Fine Art Urban Survivalist Book One: This book has 163 pages and 300 fine art photographs of the homless and is intended to show the homeless as they really are.

Blake Fine Art Urban Survivalist Book One: This book...

Author: Blake D Richards
ISBN: 9781508530510
Format: Paperback
$105.57

"This book has 163 pages and 300 fine art photographs of the homeless and is intended to show the homeless as they...  Read More >>

A Comparison of Official Poverty Estimates in the Redesigned Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (Color)

A Comparison of Official Poverty Estimates in the Redesigned...

Author: U S Census Bureau
ISBN: 9781508521457
Format: Paperback
$52.67

This paper presents a descriptive analysis of the poverty estimates from the 2014 CurrentPopulation Survey Annual...  Read More >>

A Comparison of Official Poverty Estimates in the Redesigned Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (Black and White)

A Comparison of Official Poverty Estimates in the Redesigned...

Author: U S Census Bureau
ISBN: 9781508521495
Format: Paperback
$39.47

This paper presents a descriptive analysis of the poverty estimates from the 2014 CurrentPopulation Survey Annual...  Read More >>

It's Not Like I'm Poor: How Working Families Make Ends Meet in a Post-Welfare World

It's Not Like I'm Poor: How Working Families Make Ends...

Author: Sarah Halpern-Meekin ,  Kathryn Edin
ISBN: 9780520275355
Format: Paperback
$49.95

Drawing on interviews with 115 families, the authors look at how parents plan to use this annual cash windfall to...  Read More >>

The Road to Wigan Pier

The Road to Wigan Pier

Author: George Orwell
ISBN: 9781508407447
Format: Paperback
$26.37

Read by Jeremy Northam, Orwell's ever topical and powerful account of poverty, injustice and class division in Britain....  Read More >>

Worlds Apart: Poverty and Politics in Rural America

Worlds Apart: Poverty and Politics in Rural America...

Author: Cynthia M. Duncan ,  Angela Blackwell
ISBN: 9780300196597
Format: Paperback
$41.95

First published in 1999, Worlds Apart examined the nature of poverty through the stories of real people in three...  Read More >>

Hobohemia and the Crucifixion Machine: Rival Images of a New World in 1930s Vancouver

Hobohemia and the Crucifixion Machine: Rival Images...

Author: Todd McCallum
ISBN: 9781926836287
Format: Paperback
$86.99

In the early years of the Great Depression, thousands of unemployedhomeless transients settled into Vancouver’s...  Read More >>

Affliction: Health, Disease, Poverty

Affliction: Health, Disease, Poverty

Author: Veena Das
ISBN: 9780823261819
Format: Paperback
$76.56

Focusing on low-income neighborhoods in Delhi, this book stitches together three different sets of issues. It examines...  Read More >>

Affliction: Health, Disease, Poverty

Affliction: Health, Disease, Poverty

Author: Veena Das
ISBN: 9780823261802
Format: Hardback
$224.40

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Poverty: Major Policy Themes, Proposals & Measurements for the U.S.

Poverty: Major Policy Themes, Proposals & Measurements...

Author: Anita Ackerman
ISBN: 9781634637275
Format: Hardback
$424.32

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Trade Policy and Food Security: Improving Access to Food in Developing Countries in the Wake of High World Prices

Trade Policy and Food Security: Improving Access to...

Author: Ian Gillson ,  Ian Gillson
ISBN: 9781464803055
Format: Paperback
$80.95

Since the end of 2010, world food prices have risen sharply reaching a record high in February 2011 and are now...  Read More >>

Trading Away from Conflict: Using Trade to Increase Resilience in Fragile States

Trading Away from Conflict: Using Trade to Increase...

Author: Massimiliano Cali ,  World Bank
ISBN: 9781464803086
Format: Paperback
$60.95

While economic growth in developing countries over the last ten years has lifted more people out of poverty than...  Read More >>

Poor

Poor

Author: Simon Fowler
ISBN: 9780752458854
Format: Hardback
$49.14

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Blaming the Victim: How Global Journalism Fails Those in Poverty

Blaming the Victim: How Global Journalism Fails Those...

Author: Jairo Lugo-Ocando
ISBN: 9780745334417
Format: Paperback
$61.95

An analysis of how poverty is misrepresented in mainstream media, and a look at what really lies behind these narratives....  Read More >>

What the Three Main Parties Are Not Telling You: A Radical Way Out of Stagnation and Inequality

What the Three Main Parties Are Not Telling You: A Radical...

Author: Michael Meacher (House of Commons, Houses of Parliament)
ISBN: 9781907720130
Format: Paperback
$25.85

The driving force behind this set of contributions on the general theme of a way out of endless austerity and ballooning...  Read More >>

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