Social Sciences, Poverty
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Synopsis
Sweating it Out explores poverty in the United States through the viewpoints and arguments of academic and political _experts,_ low-income adults from Louisiana, and the Bible and Christian theologians. In detailed chapters, Michael Landon presents each group's opinion on the causes of poverty, which include stress or mental illness, personal irresponsibility, social injustice, and family upbringing, among others.
Book Details
Published
July 1, 2006
Publisher
University Press of America
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780761835219