The first interdisciplinary reference to cover the socioeconomic and political history, the movements, and the changing face of poverty in the United States. Po

Leading scholars examine the conflicting paradigms of affluence and destitution in the United States—as well as other free societies—and discuss the influen

America's rural areas have always held a disproportionate share of the nation's poorest populations. Rural Poverty in the United States examines why. What is it

One-in-seven adults and one-in-five children in the United States live in poverty. Individuals and families living in povertyÊnot only lack basic, material nec

Poverty is a social problem and finding solutions requires us to look closely at our social institutions. This book brings together the most recent quantitative