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Author	Pimpare, Stephen.
Title	A people's history of poverty in America / Stephen Pimpare ; [series editor Howard Zinn].
Publication Info.	New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., c2008.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 3	339.1 P	IN LIBRARY

Description	xii, 322 p. ; 24 cm.
Series	New Press people's history
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-304) and index.
Contents	Series preface / Howard Zinn -- Introduction : the indignant poor and the constants of relief -- Survive : my brother's keeper -- Sleep : a place to call home -- Eat : dumpster diving -- Work : (in)dependence -- Love : women and children first -- Respect : the price of relief -- Escape : black and blue -- Surrender : a culture of poverty? -- Resist : bread or blood -- Epilogue : poor math.
Subject	Poverty -- United States -- History.
	Poor -- United States -- History.
	Public welfare -- United States -- History.
	United States -- Economic conditions -- History.
	United States -- Social conditions -- History.
Added Author	Zinn, Howard, 1922-2010, editor, author of preface.
Added Title	Poverty in America
ISBN	1565849345 (hc.)
	9781565849341 (hc.)

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