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book cover image for @quot;We Live in the Shadow@quot;: Inner-City Kids Tell Their Stories through Photographs, ISBN=9781439907917@quot;We Live in the Shadow@quot;: Inner-City Kids Tell Their Stories through Photographs
ISBN: 9781439907917
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Temple University Press
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book cover image for A Festering Sweetness: Poems of American People, ISBN=9780822978916A Festering Sweetness: Poems of American People
ISBN: 9780822978916
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Pittsburgh Press
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Subjects: Poor -- United States -- Poetry;
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book cover image for A Pound of Flesh: Monetary Sanctions as Punishment for the Poor, ISBN=9781610448550A Pound of Flesh: Monetary Sanctions as Punishment for the Poor
ISBN: 9781610448550
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Russell Sage Foundation
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book cover image for A Way Out: America''s Ghettos and the Legacy of Racism, ISBN=9781400825516A Way Out: America''s Ghettos and the Legacy of Racism
ISBN: 9781400825516
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press
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book cover image for Abandoned Families: Social Isolation in the Twenty-First Century, ISBN=9781610448628Abandoned Families: Social Isolation in the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 9781610448628
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Russell Sage Foundation
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book cover image for Almost Worthy: The Poor, Paupers, and the Science of Charity in America, 1877-1917, ISBN=9780253006387Almost Worthy: The Poor, Paupers, and the Science of Charity in America, 1877-1917
ISBN: 9780253006387
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Indiana University Press
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book cover image for Blaming the Poor: The Long Shadow of the Moynihan Report on Cruel Images about Poverty, ISBN=9780813574165Blaming the Poor: The Long Shadow of the Moynihan Report on Cruel Images about Poverty
ISBN: 9780813574165
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Rutgers University Press
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book cover image for Boosting Paychecks: The Politics of Supporting America''s Working Poor, ISBN=9780815704584Boosting Paychecks: The Politics of Supporting America''s Working Poor
ISBN: 9780815704584
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Brookings Institution Press
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Subjects: Working poor -- Government policy -- United States; Working poor -- Taxation -- United States; Minimum wage -- United States;
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book cover image for Broken Heartland: The Rise of America''s Rural Ghetto, ISBN=9781587290411Broken Heartland: The Rise of America''s Rural Ghetto
ISBN: 9781587290411
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Iowa Press
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book cover image for California on the Breadlines: Dorothea Lange, Paul Taylor, and the Making of a New Deal Narrative, ISBN=9780520945890California on the Breadlines: Dorothea Lange, Paul Taylor, and the Making of a New Deal Narrative
ISBN: 9780520945890
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press
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book cover image for Children in Jeopardy: Can We Break the Cycle of Poverty?, ISBN=9780300162240Children in Jeopardy: Can We Break the Cycle of Poverty?
ISBN: 9780300162240
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Yale University Press
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book cover image for Civil Rights Advocacy on Behalf of the Poor, ISBN=9780812204605Civil Rights Advocacy on Behalf of the Poor
ISBN: 9780812204605
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Pennsylvania Press
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book cover image for Colors of Poverty, The: Why Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist, ISBN=9781610447249Colors of Poverty, The: Why Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist
ISBN: 9781610447249
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Russell Sage Foundation
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book cover image for Coming of Age in the Other America, ISBN=9781610448581Coming of Age in the Other America
ISBN: 9781610448581
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Russell Sage Foundation
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book cover image for Confronting Suburban Poverty in America, ISBN=9780815723912Confronting Suburban Poverty in America
ISBN: 9780815723912
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Brookings Institution Press
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Subjects: Poor -- Government policy -- United States; Poor -- United States; Suburbs -- United States -- Economic conditions;
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book cover image for Containment and Condemnation: Law and the Oppression of the Urban Poor, ISBN=9781609175887Containment and Condemnation: Law and the Oppression of the Urban Poor
ISBN: 9781609175887
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Michigan State University Press
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book cover image for Conversations with Dorothy Allison, ISBN=9781617032875Conversations with Dorothy Allison
ISBN: 9781617032875
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University Press of Mississippi
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book cover image for Coping With Poverty: The Social Contexts of Neighborhood, Work, and Family in the African-American Community, ISBN=9780472023585Coping With Poverty: The Social Contexts of Neighborhood, Work, and Family in the African-American Community
ISBN: 9780472023585
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press
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book cover image for Counting the Poor: New Thinking About European Poverty Measures and Lessons for the United States, ISBN=9780199932948Counting the Poor: New Thinking About European Poverty Measures and Lessons for the United States
ISBN: 9780199932948
Platform/Publisher: Oxford Academic / Oxford University Press
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Subjects: Social Work;
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book cover image for Cracks in the Pavement: Social Change and Resilience in Poor Neighborhoods, ISBN=9780520942455Cracks in the Pavement: Social Change and Resilience in Poor Neighborhoods
ISBN: 9780520942455
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press
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book cover image for Degraded Work: The Struggle at the Bottom of the Labor Market, ISBN=9780816685639Degraded Work: The Struggle at the Bottom of the Labor Market
ISBN: 9780816685639
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Minnesota Press
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book cover image for Differences That Matter: Social Policy and the Working Poor in the United States and Canada, ISBN=9781501711251Differences That Matter: Social Policy and the Working Poor in the United States and Canada
ISBN: 9781501711251
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Cornell University Press
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book cover image for Disease and Discrimination: Poverty and Pestilence in Colonial Atlantic America, ISBN=9780813055947Disease and Discrimination: Poverty and Pestilence in Colonial Atlantic America
ISBN: 9780813055947
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University Press of Florida
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book cover image for Does the Law Morally Bind the Poor?: Or What Good''s the Constitution When You Can''t Buy a Loaf of Bread?, ISBN=9780814770528Does the Law Morally Bind the Poor?: Or What Good''s the Constitution When You Can''t Buy a Loaf of Bread?
ISBN: 9780814770528
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / NYU Press
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book cover image for Doing the Best I Can: Fatherhood in the Inner City, ISBN=9780520955134Doing the Best I Can: Fatherhood in the Inner City
ISBN: 9780520955134
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press
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book cover image for Ending Welfare as We Know It, ISBN=9780815798354Ending Welfare as We Know It
ISBN: 9780815798354
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Brookings Institution Press
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book cover image for Fair Start for Children: Lessons Learned from Seven Demonstration Projects, ISBN=9780300236231Fair Start for Children: Lessons Learned from Seven Demonstration Projects
ISBN: 9780300236231
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Yale University Press
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book cover image for Federal Policymaking and the Poor: National Goals, Local Choices, and Distributional Outcomes, ISBN=9781400863587Federal Policymaking and the Poor: National Goals, Local Choices, and Distributional Outcomes
ISBN: 9781400863587
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press
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book cover image for Health Care Off the Books: Poverty, Illness, and Strategies for Survival in Urban America, ISBN=9780520973602Health Care Off the Books: Poverty, Illness, and Strategies for Survival in Urban America
ISBN: 9780520973602
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press
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book cover image for How May I Help You?: An Immigrant''s Journey from MBA to Minimum Wage, ISBN=9780520966475How May I Help You?: An Immigrant''s Journey from MBA to Minimum Wage
ISBN: 9780520966475
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press
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book cover image for Improving Poor People: The Welfare State, the @quot;Underclass,@quot; and Urban Schools as History, ISBN=9781400821709Improving Poor People: The Welfare State, the @quot;Underclass,@quot; and Urban Schools as History
ISBN: 9781400821709
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press
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book cover image for In the Barrios: Latinos and the Underclass Debate, ISBN=9781610448376In the Barrios: Latinos and the Underclass Debate
ISBN: 9781610448376
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Russell Sage Foundation
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book cover image for Inequality in America: Facts, Trends, and International Perspectives, ISBN=9780815724223Inequality in America: Facts, Trends, and International Perspectives
ISBN: 9780815724223
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Brookings Institution Press
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book cover image for Inside Game/Outside Game: Winning Strategies for Saving Urban America, ISBN=9780815716761Inside Game/Outside Game: Winning Strategies for Saving Urban America
ISBN: 9780815716761
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Brookings Institution Press
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book cover image for Invisible City: Poverty, Housing, and New Urbanism, ISBN=9780292794580Invisible City: Poverty, Housing, and New Urbanism
ISBN: 9780292794580
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Texas Press
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book cover image for It''s Not Like I''m Poor: How Working Families Make Ends Meet in a Post-Welfare World, ISBN=9780520959224It''s Not Like I''m Poor: How Working Families Make Ends Meet in a Post-Welfare World
ISBN: 9780520959224
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press
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book cover image for Jobs Aren''t Enough: Toward a New Economic Mobility for Low-Income Families, ISBN=9781592133574Jobs Aren''t Enough: Toward a New Economic Mobility for Low-Income Families
ISBN: 9781592133574
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Temple University Press
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book cover image for King and the Other America: The Poor People''s Campaign and the Quest for Economic Equality, ISBN=9780520963436King and the Other America: The Poor People''s Campaign and the Quest for Economic Equality
ISBN: 9780520963436
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press
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Subjects: Equality -- United States; Poor -- United States; Poor People''s Campaign; King Martin Luther Jr. 1929–1968 -- Influence;
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book cover image for Liberalism Is Not Enough: Race and Poverty in Postwar Political Thought, ISBN=9781469646664Liberalism Is Not Enough: Race and Poverty in Postwar Political Thought
ISBN: 9781469646664
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of North Carolina Press
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book cover image for Lifting Up the Poor: A Dialogue on Religion, Poverty and Welfare Reform, ISBN=9780815796138Lifting Up the Poor: A Dialogue on Religion, Poverty and Welfare Reform
ISBN: 9780815796138
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Brookings Institution Press
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book cover image for Making College Work: Pathways to Success for Disadvantaged Students, ISBN=9780815730224Making College Work: Pathways to Success for Disadvantaged Students
ISBN: 9780815730224
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Brookings Institution Press
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book cover image for Making the Work-Based Safety Net Work Better: Forward-Looking Policies to Help Low-Income Families, ISBN=9781610446440Making the Work-Based Safety Net Work Better: Forward-Looking Policies to Help Low-Income Families
ISBN: 9781610446440
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Russell Sage Foundation
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Subjects: Working poor -- Government policy -- United States; Poor families -- Government policy -- United States;
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book cover image for Misconception: Social Class and Infertility in America, ISBN=9780813564814Misconception: Social Class and Infertility in America
ISBN: 9780813564814
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Rutgers University Press
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book cover image for Mothering by Degrees: Single Mothers and the Pursuit of Postsecondary Education, ISBN=9780813588452Mothering by Degrees: Single Mothers and the Pursuit of Postsecondary Education
ISBN: 9780813588452
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Rutgers University Press
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book cover image for Moving Working Families Forward: Third Way Policies That Can Work, ISBN=9780814769904Moving Working Families Forward: Third Way Policies That Can Work
ISBN: 9780814769904
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / NYU Press
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book cover image for NBER-Conference Report : Problems of Disadvantaged Youth : An Economic Perspective, ISBN=9780226309477NBER-Conference Report : Problems of Disadvantaged Youth : An Economic Perspective
ISBN: 9780226309477
Platform/Publisher: PQ ebrary / University of Chicago Press
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Subjects: Poor youth : United States : Social conditions.;
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book cover image for Neighborhood Organization and Interest-Group Processes, ISBN=9781400868742Neighborhood Organization and Interest-Group Processes
ISBN: 9781400868742
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press
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Subjects: Community power; Community organization; Poor -- United States; Political sociology;
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book cover image for No Slack: The Financial Lives of Low-Income Americans, ISBN=9780815722342No Slack: The Financial Lives of Low-Income Americans
ISBN: 9780815722342
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Brookings Institution Press
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book cover image for Old Assumptions, New Realities: Ensuring Economic Security for Working Families in the 21st Century, ISBN=9781610447218Old Assumptions, New Realities: Ensuring Economic Security for Working Families in the 21st Century
ISBN: 9781610447218
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Russell Sage Foundation
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Subjects: Working poor -- United States; Social security -- United States; United States -- Social policy -- 21st century;
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book cover image for Ordinary Poverty: A Little Food and Cold Storage, ISBN=9781592137862Ordinary Poverty: A Little Food and Cold Storage
ISBN: 9781592137862
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Temple University Press
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