Poverty & unemployment books

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Matthew Desmond's Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Summary

Matthew Desmond's Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the...
Author: Ant Hive Media ISBN: 9781533638014 Format: Paperback	$18.35
This is a Summary of Matthew Desmond's New York Times Bestseller: EVICTED Poverty and Profit in the American City... Read More >>

The People of the Abyss

The People of the Abyss
Author: Jack London ISBN: 9781355906995 Format: Hardback	$73.79
This sociological study of London during the height of the British Empire exposes the poverty at the heart of the... Read More >>

London Labour and the London Poor: A Cyclopaedia of the Condition and Earnings of Those That Will Work, Those That Cannot Work, and Those That Will Not Work

London Labour and the London Poor: A Cyclopaedia of...
Author: Henry Mayhew , William Tuckniss ISBN: 9781355657170 Format: Hardback	$79.07
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization... Read More >>

White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America

White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in...
Author: Nancy Isenberg , Kirsten Potter ISBN: 9781799984443 Format: Audio	$58.05
The New York Times bestseller: a ground-breaking history of the class system in America, which challenges popular... Read More >>

White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America

White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in...
Author: Nancy Isenberg , Kirsten Potter ISBN: 9781799984450 Format: Audio	$58.05
The New York Times bestseller: a ground-breaking history of the class system in America, which challenges popular... Read More >>

London Labour and the London Poor: A Cyclopaedia of the Condition and Earnings of Those That Will Work, Those That Cannot Work, and Those That Will Not Work Volume 1

London Labour and the London Poor: A Cyclopaedia of...
Author: Henry Mayhew , William Tuckniss ISBN: 9781354995075 Format: Hardback	$79.07
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization... Read More >>

Hogs Wild: Selected Reporting Pieces

Hogs Wild: Selected Reporting Pieces
Author: Ian Frazier , Ian Frazier ISBN: 9781427272720 Format: Audio	$134.61
""A generous selection of Frazier's most sophisticated and uproarious feature stories""-- Read More >>

Poor Workers' Union: Rebuilding Labor from Below

Poor Workers' Union: Rebuilding Labor from Below
Author: Vanessa Tait ISBN: 9781608465200 Format: Paperback	$34.99
Illuminates key connections between the social justice movements of the last fifty years and today's most innovative... Read More >>

Shantytown, USA: Forgotten Landscapes of the Working Poor

Shantytown, USA: Forgotten Landscapes of the Working...
Author: Lisa Goff ISBN: 9780674660458 Format: Hardback	$74.95
Shantytowns once occupied a central place in America’s urban landscape. Lisa Goff shows how these resourceful dwellings... Read More >>

London Labour and the London Poor: The Condition and Earnings of Those That Will Work, Cannot Work, and Will Not Work, Volume 3

London Labour and the London Poor: The Condition and...
Author: Henry Mayhew ISBN: 9781354512067 Format: Hardback	$79.07
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization... Read More >>

Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion: Promoting Social Justice in Social Work

Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion: Promoting Social...
Author: John H. Pierson ISBN: 9780415742993 Format: Paperback	$81.99
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Migrants, Borders and Global Capitalism: West African Labour Mobility and EU Borders

Migrants, Borders and Global Capitalism: West African...
Author: Hannah Cross (Lecturer, International Political Economy, Politics Department, University of Manchester, UK.) ISBN: 9781138672840 Format: Paperback	$96.99
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Diverse Development Paths and Structural Transformation in the Escape from Poverty

Diverse Development Paths and Structural Transformation...
Author: Martin Andersson (, Professor, Department of Economic History, Lund University) , Tobias Axelsson (Senior Lecturer, Department of Economic History, Lund University) ISBN: 9780198737407 Format: Hardback	$238.00
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Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion: Promoting Social Justice in Social Work

Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion: Promoting Social...
Author: John H. Pierson ISBN: 9780415742986 Format: Hardback	$399.00
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New Rules for Global Justice: Structural Redistribution in the Global Economy

New Rules for Global Justice: Structural Redistribution...
Author: Jan Aart Scholte , Lorenzo Fioramonti ISBN: 9781783487745 Format: Hardback	$271.00
The book is action-oriented and empowering, presenting concrete proposals that could reduce the most deplorable... Read More >>

Option for the Poor and for the Earth: From Leo XIII to Pope Francis

Option for the Poor and for the Earth: From Leo XIII...
Author: Donal Dorr ISBN: 9781626981621 Format: Paperback	$118.80
A new edition of a classic text, including insights into Pope Francis encyclical on ecology. Read More >>

Securing the Right to Employment: Social Welfare Policy and the Unemployed in the United States

Securing the Right to Employment: Social Welfare Policy...
Author: Philip Harvey ISBN: 9780691634043 Format: Hardback	$135.00
Basing his proposal on plans developed by New Deal social welfare administrators, Harvey analyzes the feasibility... Read More >>

Federal Policymaking and the Poor: National Goals, Local Choices, and Distributional Outcomes

Federal Policymaking and the Poor: National Goals, Local...
Author: Michael J. Rich ISBN: 9780691636719 Format: Hardback	$290.00
Do federal, state, and local governments differ in their responsiveness to the needs of the poorest citizens? Are... Read More >>

The Poverty of Revolution: The State and the Urban Poor in Mexico

The Poverty of Revolution: The State and the Urban Poor...
Author: Susan Eva Eckstein ISBN: 9780691633305 Format: Hardback	$245.00
The plight of the urban poor in Mexico has changed little since World War II, despite the country's impressive rate... Read More >>

A Modest Proposal

A Modest Proposal
Author: Jonathan Swift ISBN: 9781533293947 Format: Paperback	$20.99
Features Jonathan Swift's (1667-1745) devastating short satire on how to solve a famine. Read More >>

Poverty and Inequality in Middle Income Countries: Policy Achievements, Political Obstacles

Poverty and Inequality in Middle Income Countries: Policy...
Author: Einar Braathen , Julian May ISBN: 9781783605576 Format: Paperback	$56.99
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Yokohama Street Life: The Precarious Career of a Japanese Day Laborer

Yokohama Street Life: The Precarious Career of a Japanese...
Author: Tom Gill ISBN: 9781498512008 Format: Paperback	$113.00
This book is a one-man ethnography that seeks to understand life at the bottom of Japanese society through the personality... Read More >>

Poverty and Inequality in Middle Income Countries: Policy Achievements, Political Obstacles

Poverty and Inequality in Middle Income Countries: Policy...
Author: Einar Braathen , Julian May ISBN: 9781783605583 Format: Hardback	$170.00
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Under the Same Sky: From Starvation in North Korea to Salvation in America

Under the Same Sky: From Starvation in North Korea to...
Author: Joseph Kim , Stephan Talty ISBN: 9781522691419 Format: Audio	$26.37
A searing story of starvation and survival in North Korea, followed by a dramatic escape, rescue by activists and... Read More >>

Gloom to Glory

Gloom to Glory
Author: Indira Dutta , Meera Lal ISBN: 9789385926075 Format: Paperback	$50.46
This volume offers an insight into the socio-economic profile of tribes in the states of Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh.... Read More >>

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