The Many Meanings of Poverty

The Many Meanings of Poverty
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : 0804751781
ISBN-13 : 9780804751780
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Book Synopsis The Many Meanings of Poverty by : Cynthia E. Milton

Download or read book The Many Meanings of Poverty written by Cynthia E. Milton and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Many Meanings of Poverty is about poverty in a colonial context—it argues that the cultural meanings of poverty defined social compacts that served to bolster and undermine the sources of colonialism.


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