The New Faces of American Poverty: A Reference Guide to the Great Recession

Most of us have not had to worry about having a roof over our head or going to bed hungry. Most of us have never hesitated about going to the doctor when ill. The most recent great depression meant that many in America did and the privations fell more heavily on some groups than others. The New Faces of American Poverty is a very clearly written, data-rich encyclopedia with cogent explanations of what happened and who was impacted. Contributors are academics from the fields of economics or social work. The electronic version, as here reviewed, makes it easy to click...