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Author Glasmeier, Amy.

Title An atlas of poverty in America : one nation, pulling apart, 1960-2003 / Amy K. Glasmeier.

Imprint New York : Routledge, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  339.46 G463a 2006    ---  Available
 Axe Compact Discs 1st Floor  339.46 G463a 2006    ---  Available
 Axe Special Collections Reitz  339.46 G463a 2006 c.2  ---  Lib Use Only
Description xix, 97 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 24 x 31 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-93) and index.
Contents History of the Atlas Project -- How to read this atlas -- Basics of poverty -- Introduction: The paradox of poverty in America -- Lived experiences. Children: Poverty in America starts with children ; Women: Often poor, vulnerable, and lacking access to basic needs ; Black families at risk ; Black male incarceration: Impacts on the family ; Hard work and low pay define the lives of Hispanic Americans ; Elderly: Social programs keep many out of poverty ; Working but poor ; The lived experience of the wealthy in America -- History of poverty. Poverty in the 1960s ; Poverty in 1970 ; Poverty in 1980 ; Poverty in 1990 ; Poverty in 2000 -- Distressed regions. Appalachia: A land apart in a wealthy nation ; The Mississippi Delta: Plantation legacy of slow growth, racism, and severe inequality ; First nation poverty: Lost lands, lost prosperity ; The border region: Where the global and the local meet ; Rural poverty in America ; Segregation: A nation spatially divided -- History of poverty policy. American poverty policy from the 1930s to 2004.
Subject Poverty -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Poverty -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Poverty -- United States -- History -- Atlases.
Regional economic disparities -- History -- 20th century.
Regional economic disparities -- History -- 21st century.
Regional economic disparities -- History -- Atlases.
Added Title Poverty in America
ISBN 0415953359 (hb)
0415953367 (pb)
9780415953351 (hb)
9780415953368 (pb)
Standard No. NLGGC 288168402
YDXCP 2238228
YDXCP 2238229
IG# 0415953359
IG# 0415953367

 
    
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