"This volume is an excellent overview of the dimensions and sources of American poverty. John Iceland combines statistical data, theoretical arguments, and hist

What if the idealized image of American societya land of opportunity that will reward hard work with economic successis completely wrong? Few topics have as man

Examines the economic underworld of migrant farm workers, the aged, minority groups, and other economically underprivileged groups.

In A People's History of Poverty in America, political scientist Stephen Pimpare brings the human lives and real-life stories of those who struggle with poverty

It has been nearly a half century since President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty. Back in the 1960s tackling poverty "in place" meant focusing resources