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Living on one dollar [videorecording] by Ingrasci, Zach.; Leonard, Sean.; Temple, Chris.; Christoffersen, Ryan.;
How do 1.1 billion people around the world live on less than one dollar a day? Four friends set out to research and live this reality. Armed with only a video camera and a desire to understand, they spend just 56 dollars each day for 56 days in rural Pena Blanca, Guatemala.DVD
Subjects: Nonfiction films.; Documentary films.; Working poor; Poverty;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Unpoverty : Rich lessons from the working poor / by Lutz, Mark.(CARDINAL)274807;
Subjects: Poor.; Poverty.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Short stories in a long journey : what it takes to end and prevent homelessness / by Troxell, Richard R.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-273)."Richard R. Troxell's book Short Stories in a Long Journey blends his personal story with the life of an activist for ending and preventing homelessness. This book highlights the structural defects in our system and laws and proposes common-sense economic solutions to the problems of homelessness and substance abuse, such as the Universal Living Wage to address income inequality, a modest liquor surcharge to finance substance treatment, and a bronze statue to memorialize the struggle."--provided by Amazon.com.
Subjects: Homelessness.; Poverty.; Working poor.; Living wage movement.; Homelessness.; Living wage movement.; Poverty.; Working poor.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Joe : a novel / by Brown, Larry,1951-2004.(CARDINAL)770414;
Subjects: Fiction.; Proletarian fiction.; Poor; Poor; Working class;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 12
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Work and poverty : the special problems of the working poor : hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, first session, December 12, 1985. by United States.Congress.House.Committee on Government Operations.Employment and Housing Subcommittee.(CARDINAL)179264;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-101).
Subjects: Poor; Working poor;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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More than subsistence : minimum wages for the working poor / by Levitan, Sar A.(CARDINAL)141765; Belous, Richard S.(CARDINAL)141723;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Minimum wage; Poor;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Prosperity gospel : portraits of the Great Recession / by Flynn, Keith,author.(CARDINAL)529748; Weeks, Charter,photographer.;
Profiles and portraits of the working poor in the United StatesIncludes bibliographical references (pages 146-151)Profiles of the working poor -- Working around it -- One crisis from catastrophe -- Where the money goes
Subjects: Portraits.; Working poor; Working poor; Working poor; Working poor;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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No longer a slumdog : bringing hope to children in crisis / by Yohannan, K. P.,author.(CARDINAL)764733;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164)."Read about an abandoned girl who found hope at the end of the railroad tracks, a young boy who escaped after years of forced servitude, and many others whose lives have also been redeemed. You?ll be captivated by this powerful move of God as K.P. Yohannan leads you on a journey through the slums and villages of South Asia into the hearts and lives of these precious children." -- from publisher's website.
Subjects: Poor children; Poor children; Evangelistic work; Evangelistic work;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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The forgotten Americans / by Schwarz, John E.(CARDINAL)173671; Volgy, Thomas J.(CARDINAL)205108;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209) and index.
Subjects: Poor; Working class;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Work matters : how parents' jobs shape children's well-being / by Perry-Jenkins, Maureen,1959-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."They Sure Don't Make It Easy for Parents": Low-Income Working Parents and Their Children -- "The Invisible Americans": The Work and Family Transitions Project -- "A Little Can Go a Long Way": Workplace Policies and Parents' Well-Being -- "They Treat Me Right, Then I Do Right by Them": Experiences in Low-Income Jobs and Mental Health -- "This Parenting Thing Is Harder Than It Looks": Low-Income Work and Parenting -- "I Just Want Him to Have a Good Start in Life": Work and Child Development -- "Thriving or Surviving": How to Move Forward."The transition to parenthood is one of the most life-altering and destabilizing life events that adults experience, even those with significant financial and social resources. We commonly hear about dual-career, professional couples coping with the wage penalties associated with new motherhood or a woman's career being derailed on the "mommy track." But we know much less about how low-wage, employed mothers and fathers manage the demands of full-time work and new parenthood, despite the fact that this group makes up the largest portion of working parents in the country. In Work Matters, Maureen Perry-Jenkins examines the workplaces of low-income workers as a critical but often overlooked social setting that shapes family life and child development. Building on years of research and over 1,500 interviews with new mothers, fathers, and their children from the first year of parenthood through six-years postpartum, Perry-Jenkins examines how work conditions help or hinder new parents' abilities to engage as partners and parents, and the consequences for children. She argues that parents' job conditions-workplace policies, hours, and schedules, experiences of autonomy and job pressure, and workplace social supports-directly affect the healthy development of infants and children. She uncovers the job conditions that diminish new parents' ability to care for their infants and highlights the conditions of low-wage work that enhance parenting and child outcomes. In the final chapter of the book, she offers recommendations for parents, employers, and policy makers that benefit all, especially the children"--
Subjects: Work and family.; Low-income parents.; Parenthood.; Working poor;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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