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The Cost of Being Poor
Language: en
Pages: 291
Authors: Sandra L. Barnes
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-01 - Publisher: State University of New York Press

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While the negative effects of urban poverty are well documented, the everyday experiences of urban residents are often absent or secondary in urban studies rese
Nickel and Dimed
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Barbara Ehrenreich
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-04-01 - Publisher: Metropolitan Books

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The New York Times bestselling work of undercover reportage from our sharpest and most original social critic, with a new foreword by Matthew Desmond, author of
Teaching with Poverty in Mind
Language: en
Pages: 194
Authors: Eric Jensen
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-06-16 - Publisher: ASCD

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In Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools Can Do About It, veteran educator and brain expert Eric Jensen takes an
Hand to Mouth
Language: en
Pages: 242
Authors: Linda Tirado
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-09-01 - Publisher: Penguin

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The real-life Nickel and Dimed—the author of the wildly popular “Poverty Thoughts” essay tells what it’s like to be working poor in America. ONE OF THE
The Economics of Being Poor
Language: en
Pages: 340
Authors: Theodore William Schultz
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993 - Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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"The Economics of Being Poor" is mainly devoted to the economics of acquiring skills and knowlede, to investment in the quality of the population and to the inc