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Poverty in America
Causes and Issues
By Kowalski, Kathiann M.
- ISBN
- 978-0-76601-945-4
- Publisher
- Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow P:ublishers, c2003.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2003
Gr 6-Up Kowalski tackles a tough topic and makes balanced sense of it. She begins by addressing issues of unequal wealth and the differences between absolute poverty, in which survival is on the line, and relative poverty, in which people live in an "underclass" of shabbiness and hand-me-downs. Chapter two takes on the stereotypes of the poor, defines "poverty levels" and demographics, th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
