The book of the poor
Subtitle: who they are, what they say, and how to end their poverty
By: Kenan Heise
Publisher: Marion Street Press; Marion Street Press, LLC
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9781936863334
Subjects: Poor; Economic conditions; Social conditions; Poverty; Interviews; History
Description: "Collecting dozens of interviews conducted over 50 years to give voice to the 16 percent that live below the poverty line, journalist Kenan Heise ... addresses unemployment, prison, nutrition needs and hunger, the lives of impoverished children, panhandling, health-care struggles, the role of race in poverty, and Dumpster diving"--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes index.