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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherBasic Books
ISBN-100465059953
ISBN-139780465059959
eBay Product ID (ePID)428780
Product Key Features
Book TitlePoor Support : Poverty in the American Family
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1989
TopicSociology / General
GenreSocial Science
AuthorDavid T. Ellwood
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight11 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal362.5/0973
SynopsisThe subject of a New York Times Magazine cover story of December 8, 1996, David Ellwood is one of the country's leading experts on poverty. In this book he describes who the poor are, explains why they are poor, and suggests new policies for helping them. Poor Support is a major reinterpretation of the various forms that poverty takes in American families and what can be done to alleviate the problem.