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Great reading… . A People's History of Poverty in America talks back to topdown, elite-dominated histories of social welfare policy… . Read now what the oppressed had to say then, so you can be a part of the effort to create policies in the future.
—SANFORD SCHRAM, BRYN MAWR COLLEGE
A must read for anyone interested in learning the real story of poverty, social welfare policy, and social change.
—MIMI ABRAMOWITZ, HUNTER COLLEGE
Series Preface by Howard Zinn
xi
Introduction: The Indignant Poor
and the Constants of Relief
1
1. Survive: My Brother's Keeper
17
2. Sleep: A Place to Call Home
42
3. Eat: Dumpster Diving
80
4. Work: (In)Dependence
98
5. Love: Women and Children First
113
6. Respect: The Price of Relief
141 7. Escape: Black and Blue
165
8. Surrender: A Culture of Poverty?
192
9. Resist: Bread or Blood
202
Epilogue: Poor Math
228
Notes
247
Index
305
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