Experiencing Poverty: Voices from the Bottom

by D. Stanley Eitzen

EXPERIENCING POVERTY is unique in its comprehensive understanding of poverty. The readings incorporate the experiences of the impoverished in many situations, including people who are homeless, housed, working, non-working, single, married, urban, rural, born in the United States, first generation Americans, young and old. Most significantly, the crucial dimensions of inequality - race and gender - are interwoven throughout the selected readings.

212 pages, Paperback

First published July 24, 2002

Reviews

[Melissa Tamayo · Rating 4 out of 5]

So interesting up read about people's personal experiences about poverty. Everyone's story is different. This book opened my eyes about some of the dynamics of poverty in our country.