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The Dispossessed: America's Underclasses from the Civil War to the Present
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Basic Books
Publication date April 1, 1992
Pages 399
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780465001279
ISBN-10 0465001270
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $25.00
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Summary
Challenging the central tenets of the 'underclass' debate, a prize-winning historian offers a sweeping chronicle of the roots of poverty, dismantling the myth of the 'culture of poverty.' National ad/promo.
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9780465001279 | details & prices | 399 pages | List price $25.00
About: Describes the displacement of rural Americans following the Civil War and argues that poverty is the result of both political and economic forces
Paperback
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from Basic Books (June 1, 1993)
9780465016747 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Describes the displacement of rural Americans following the Civil War and argues that poverty is the result of both political and economic forces

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