This work looks at inter-related post WWII case studies to analyze the ways in which different groups, mostly governmental agencies and emerging activist organi

We are at a point in history where economic inequalities are more widespread each day. The situation of extreme poverty experienced by the majority of the popul

Examines the economic underworld of migrant farm workers, the aged, minority groups, and other economically underprivileged groups.

"This volume is an excellent overview of the dimensions and sources of American poverty. John Iceland combines statistical data, theoretical arguments, and hist

What if the idealized image of American societya land of opportunity that will reward hard work with economic successis completely wrong? Few topics have as man