Poverty & unemployment books

6263 books were found.

Born in chains: The diary of an angry 'born-free'

Born in chains: The diary of an angry 'born-free'

Author: Clinton Chauke
ISBN: 9781868428762
Format: Paperback
$43.96

What is it like to be born dirt-poor in South Africa? Clinton Chauke knows, having been raised alongside his two...  Read More >>

A Wholesome Horror: Poor Houses in Nova Scotia

A Wholesome Horror: Poor Houses in Nova Scotia

Author: Brenda Thompson
ISBN: 9780986873355
Format: Paperback
$42.11

Brenda Thompson's poignant treatise on the treatment of the poor in Nova Scotia and the evolution of private and...  Read More >>

Poverty Propaganda: Exploring the Myths

Poverty Propaganda: Exploring the Myths

Author: Tracy Shildrick (University of Newcastle)
ISBN: 9781447323976
Format: Hardback
$176.95

Poverty Propaganda debunks many popular myths and misconceptions about poverty and its prevalence, causes and consequences....  Read More >>

Be In The Moment: Journal

Be In The Moment: Journal

Author: Wild Pages Press
ISBN: 9781718924703
Format: Paperback
$18.45

Stylish Designer Journal / Notebook. Interior 150 lined pages. Size 6 x 9 . Glossy softcover. Perfect for everyday...  Read More >>

Down, Out, and Under Arrest: Policing and Everyday Life in Skid Row

Down, Out, and Under Arrest: Policing and Everyday Life...

Author: Forrest Stuart
ISBN: 9780226566207
Format: Paperback
$36.95

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The Fiscalization of Social Policy: How Taxpayers Trumped Children in the Fight Against Child Poverty

The Fiscalization of Social Policy: How Taxpayers Trumped...

Author: Joshua T McCabe (Department of Sociology Wellesley College)
ISBN: 9780190841331
Format: Undefined
$182.16

In 1970, a single mother with two children working full-time at the federal minimum wage in the US received no direct...  Read More >>

How the Other Half Lives

How the Other Half Lives

Author: Jacob A Riis
ISBN: 9781515427186
Format: Hardback
$64.66

Originally published: New York: Scribner, 1890.  Read More >>

Poverty in the United States: A Documentary and Reference Guide

Poverty in the United States: A Documentary and Reference...

Author: John R. Burch Jr.
ISBN: 9781440858499
Format: Hardback
$164.00

This collection of documents contextualizes the ways in which Americans have addressed the evolving challenges of...  Read More >>

Homeless: A Day In The Life: A Homeless Veteran's tale

Homeless: A Day In The Life: A Homeless Veteran's tale...

Author: Todd Murphy
ISBN: 9781987763119
Format: Paperback
$35.61

Do you want to know what its like to be homeless in America? Homeless: A Day In The Life is a harrowing tale of...  Read More >>

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in...

Author: J D Vance
ISBN: 9780062300553
Format: Paperback
$47.49

""A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2016 by HarperCollins Publishers.""--Title page verso.  Read More >>

The Civilian Conservation Corps in Alabama, 1933–1942: A Great and Lasting Good

The Civilian Conservation Corps in Alabama, 1933–1942:...

Author: Robert Pasquill
ISBN: 9780817359263
Format: Paperback
$79.07

The Civilian Conservation Corps was one of the better known and most successful of the New Deal programs following...  Read More >>

The Democratic Developmental State: North-South Perspectives

The Democratic Developmental State: North-South Perspectives...

Author: Tor Halvorsen ,  Teresita Cruz-del Rosario
ISBN: 9783838209159
Format: Paperback
$77.63

The idea of a democratic developmental state forms part of the current development discourse advocated by international...  Read More >>

The Working Class: Poverty, education and alternative voices

The Working Class: Poverty, education and alternative...

Author: Ian Gilbert
ISBN: 9781781352786
Format: Paperback
$66.99

In The Working Class: Poverty, education and alternative voices, Ian Gilbert unites educators from across the UK...  Read More >>

Without a Net, 2nd Edition: The Female Experience of Growing Up Working Class

Without a Net, 2nd Edition: The Female Experience of...

Author: Michelle Tea ,  Michelle Tea
ISBN: 9781580056663
Format: Paperback
$29.99

An urgent proclamation of what life is like for American women without the security of a financial safety net  Read More >>

So Geht Wohlstand!

So Geht Wohlstand!

Author: Tobias Kiesewetter
ISBN: 9783746074962
Format: Paperback
$68.57

Die 42 reichsten Personen der Welt besitzen so viel wie die �rmere H�lfte der Erdbev�lkerung zusammen. Treffender...  Read More >>

The User Unconscious: On Affect, Media, and Measure

The User Unconscious: On Affect, Media, and Measure...

Author: Patricia Ticineto Clough
ISBN: 9781517904227
Format: Paperback
$37.99

These stimulatingessays and experimental compositions demonstrate how digital media andcomputational technologies...  Read More >>

The Children of the Poor: A Child Welfare Classic

The Children of the Poor: A Child Welfare Classic

Author: Jacob Riis ,  Tanja Bekhuis
ISBN: 9780999660409
Format: Hardback
$79.20

An account of immigrant children in New York City and the need for social reforms during the Progressive Era. Includes...  Read More >>

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