America's Growing Inequality: The Impact of Poverty and Race Contributor(s): Hartman, Chester (Editor), Gutiérrez, Chicago Congressman Luis V. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0739191713 ISBN-13: 9780739191712 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $192.06 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - General - Political Science | American Government - General - Political Science | Civil Rights |
Dewey: 305.800 |
LCCN: 2013048981 |
Physical Information: 1.51" H x 6.42" W x 9.24" (2.08 lbs) 590 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The book is a compilation of the best and still-most-relevant articles published in Poverty & Race, the bimonthly of The Poverty & Race Research Action Council from 2006 to the present. Authors are some of the leading figures in a range of activities around these themes. It is the fourth such book PRRAC has published over the years, each with a high-visibility foreword writer: Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. Bill Bradley, Julian Bond in previous books, Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Chicago for this book. The chapters are organized into four sections: Race & Poverty: The Structural Underpinnings; Deconstructing Poverty and Racial Inequities; Re(emerging) Issues; Civil Rights History. |