Poverty in the American Dream: Women & Children First
- ISBN-10
- 0896081974
- ISBN-13
- 9780896081970
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 64
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1983
- Publisher
- South End Press
- Authors
- Barbara Ehrenreich, Holly Sklar, Karin Stallard
Description
Analyzes the impact of social service cutbacks, changes in the job market, and victim-blaming myths like the Black matriarchy theses of Daniel Patrick Moynihan and George Gilder.
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