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The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
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John Steinbeck

4.03 avg rating — 987,089 ratings
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) ...
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
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Barbara Ehrenreich

3.65 avg rating — 195,180 ratings
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The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle
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Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author)

4.33 avg rating — 1,349,929 ratings
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The Working Poor: Invisible...
The Working Poor: Invisible in America
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David K. Shipler

4.04 avg rating — 5,724 ratings
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A Framework for Understandi...
A Framework for Understanding Poverty
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Ruby K. Payne

3.92 avg rating — 5,377 ratings
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Rethinking Money: How New C...
Rethinking Money: How New Currencies Turn Scarcity into Prosperity
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Bernard A. Lietaer

4.03 avg rating — 134 ratings
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
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James Agee

3.97 avg rating — 4,013 ratings
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Without a Net: Middle Class...
Without a Net: Middle Class and Homeless (with Kids) in America
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Michelle Kennedy (Goodreads Author)

3.55 avg rating — 635 ratings
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Work, Consumerism and the N...
Work, Consumerism and the New Poor
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Zygmunt Bauman

4.18 avg rating — 563 ratings
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Field Guide to the U.S. Eco...
Field Guide to the U.S. Economy: A Compact and Irreverent Guide to Economic Life in America, Revised and Updated Edition
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Jonathan Teller-Elsberg

3.78 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Missing Class: Portrait...
The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America
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Katherine S. Newman

3.65 avg rating — 203 ratings
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Better Together
Better Together
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Robert D. Putnam

3.75 avg rating — 407 ratings
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Understanding Poverty
Understanding Poverty
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The State of Working Americ...
The State of Working America, 2006-2007
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Lawrence Mishel

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With a Closed Fist: Growing...
With a Closed Fist: Growing Up in Canada's Toughest Neighborhood
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Kathy Dobson (Goodreads Author)

3.93 avg rating — 110 ratings
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Hobos, Hustlers, and Backsl...
Hobos, Hustlers, and Backsliders: Homeless in San Francisco
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Teresa Gowan

4.21 avg rating — 155 ratings
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The Broken Ladder: How Ineq...
The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die
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Keith Payne

4.21 avg rating — 4,044 ratings
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反貧困: 逃出溜滑梯的社會
反貧困: 逃出溜滑梯的社會
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Makoto Yuasa

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Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing
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Delia Owens (Goodreads Author)

4.37 avg rating — 3,570,210 ratings
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Where We Stand: Class Matters
Where We Stand: Class Matters
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bell hooks

4.23 avg rating — 2,913 ratings
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窮忙族: 新貧階級時代的來臨
窮忙族: 新貧階級時代的來臨
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Takashi Kadokura

3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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21 books · 19 voters · list created November 6th, 2008 by The New Service Wordpress (votes) .
Tags: americorps, encorps, poverty, vista
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