Family Poverty and Homelessness in New York City - The Poor Among Us

Informationen zum Autor Ralph da Costa Nunez is President of the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness. Ethan G. Sribnick is a published writer and historian focusing on urban and social welfare policy. Klappentext In Family Poverty and Homelessness in New York City , Nunez and Sribnick explore the world of New York's poor children and families, from the era of European settlements to the present day. The book examines successes and failures of past efforts, providing historical context often lacking in contemporary policy debates. Zusammenfassung In Family Poverty and Homelessness in New York City ! Nunez and Sribnick explore the world of New York's poor children and families! from the era of European settlements to the present day. The book examines successes and failures of past efforts! providing historical context often lacking in contemporary policy debates. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Poor and Homeless Families in Colonial New York2. Child and Family Poverty in a Manufacturing City3. "Don't Live Nowhere": Poor and Homeless Children in Mid-Nineteenth Century New York4. Poverty in the Age of Unrest5. Family Poverty in the Progressive Era6. Family Poverty in the Great Depression7. Family Poverty in the Age of Deindustrialization, 1945-19778. Family Homelessness in the Age of the Market9. New York and the Quest to End Homelessness

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• Authors: Ralph Dacosta Nunez, Ralph da Cost Nunez, Ralph da Costa Nunez, Ralph Da Costa Sribnick Nunez, Ethan G Sribnick, Ethan G. Sribnick
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781137520296
• ISBN: 978-1-137-52029-6
• No. of pages: 331
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Migration, B, Sociology, Social Inequality, Welfare State, Poverty, Welfare, Social & ethical issues, Migration, immigration & emigration, Development Aid, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Urban Sociology, Social Structure, Central / national / federal government policies, Emigration and immigration, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Sociology, Urban, Urban Studies/Sociology, Urban communities, Development Studies, Politics of the Welfare State, Human Migration