The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America by Katherine S. Newman, Victor Tan Chen

The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America

Katherine S. Newman, Victor Tan Chen

288 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction economics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Fifty-seven million Americans-including 21 percent of the nation's children-live a notch above the poverty line, and yet the challenges they face are largely ignored. While government programs assist the poor, and politicians woo the more fortunat...

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