Escape from Poverty
Subtitle: What Makes a Difference for Children?
Contributors: P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale (Editor); Jeanne Brooks-Gunn (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 26, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780521445214
Subjects: Child welfare; Sociology; Poverty; Services For The Family; Social Policy; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; Reference; USA; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; History & Theory - General; Political Science / History & Theory; Poor children--Government policy--United States; United States; Government policy; Poor children
First sentence: Americans have always been concerned about dependent and destitute children, but societal efforts to help these youngsters have varied greatly over time.