The Underclass
- ISBN-10
- 0394523431
- ISBN-13
- 9780394523439
- Category
- People with social disabilities
- Pages
- 348
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1982
- Publisher
- Random House (NY)
- Author
- Ken Auletta
Description
"A first-hand account of America's new social dropouts--street criminals, hustlers, long-term welfare recipients and the homeless--and of what might be done to bring them into the mainstream"--Jacket subtitle. Includes material on the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation.
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