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Poor Support: Poverty In The American Family
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Poor Support: Poverty In The American Family
Contributors:
By (Author) David Ellwood
Publisher:
Basic Books
Imprint:
Basic Books
Publication Date:
2nd October 1989
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Poverty and precarity
Dewey:
362.50973
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
288
Dimensions:
Width 137mm, Height 203mm
Description
The subject of a New York Times Magazine cover story of December 8, 1996, David Ellwood is one of the countrys 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.
Author Bio
David T. Ellwood is professor of public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
