Faces of poverty : portraits of women and children on welfare. /

This describes the circumstances of living poor for America's women and children, showing the interplay between policy and human lives to make a complex problem comprehensible through the stories of five American families. It provides valuable information about the families affected while offer...

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Main Author: Berrick, Jill Duerr
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1995.
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