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: October 28, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9780521629850
Subjects: Child welfare; Poverty; Sociology; Social Science; Business/Economics; USA; Sociology - General; History & Theory - General; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Political Science / History & Theory; Poor children--Government policy--United States
First sentence: Americans have always been concerned about dependent and destitute children, but societal efforts to help these youngsters have varied greatly over time.