Merchants of Misery: How Corporate America Profits From Poverty3 reviews Michael Hudson Common Courage Press, 2002 a compelling analysis of America's poverty industry + Another War on the Poor "Merchants of Misery" is a damning indictment of unregulated, free-market capitalism and provides a reader with more than enough material to refute the claim that capitalism is synonymous with fredoom, as espoused by Milton Friedman disciples etcetera. A lucid, searing and compelling analysis of ...             With These Hands: The Hidden World of Migrant Farmworkers Today4 reviews Daniel Rothenberg Harcourt, 1998 This is a fine, very readable book about migrant farmworkers + I couldn't put this book down + Positve depiction on the contents of the book. + Everyone who eats should read this book.             Grand Central Winter35 reviews Lee Stringer Washington Square Press, 1999 A Well Written Moving Account Of Homeles Life On The Streets + It's literary memoir, not social commentary + Harsh and Real This book is an autobiographical account of a time in the author's life, Lee Stringer. Mr.Stringer begins the book describing his life as a homeless, crack addict who finds a pencil he intends to use to clean his crack pipe with. Then he realizes that a pen can be a very powerful tool and he starts ...             The Caveman's Valentine25 reviews George Dawes Green Grand Central Publishing, 1995 One of the best novels of the last 25 years + Watch out for those Y and Z rays + A Powerful thriller with a sense of humor! + An excellent mystery with an unconventional character + Quite good -- some flaws -- a fast read.             Voices from the Fields: Children of Migrant Farmworkers Tell Their Stories4 reviews S. Beth Atkin Little, Brown Young Readers, 1993 Picking into migrant families lives + Wonderful book for multi cultural interest + Easy read, yet sad + Review Of Voices From The Fields             Ghost Country43 reviews Sara Paretsky Delta, 1999 Ghost Country + Everyday miracles + Street people This is a very well-written urban fantasy. (It's not remotely horror, by the way). It's not a mystery. It's about a Goddess returning into urban American life, and the chaos that ensues. As a reader familiar with SFF, I found this story original, well-written, well-characterized and engaging. It ...             Take the Rich Off Welfare (Real Story Series)6 reviews Mark Zepezauer, Arthur Naiman Odonian Press, 1996 Short and to the point! + Listing The Subsidies That You Pay For + Enraging and revealing study of subsidies,etc. to the rich. + Oh, one example disproves a whole book, I see....             Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America17 reviews Jonathan Kozol Ballantine Books, 1988 Kozol Misunderstood + A Great perspective + Failure to Thrive + Failure to Thrive + to mr. Westfall             Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age25 reviews Aperture, 2005 workers: a great work! + Workers of the world, unite! + Truly amazing + glorious!             Tell Them Who I Am: The Lives of Homeless Women5 reviews Elliot Liebow Penguin (Non-Classics), 1995 Tell Them Who I Am + You don't know what it is like to be homeless + a good balance of rational and personal + In a World of McMansions + Liebow brings humanness to the lives of the homeless.             Each One Teach One: Up and Out of Poverty, Memoirs of a Street Activist1 review Ron Casanova Curbstone Press, 1996 REVIEW QUOTES "Homeless Man Turns Life into a Movement." --Chicago Reporter "an eloquent voice for Americans too often ignored or scapegoated." --Booklist "Casanova and Blackburn have created an eloquent statement from the trenches of a movement that is still only about a decade old. As more and more people ...             The Celling of America: An Inside Look at the US Prison Industry5 reviews Daniel Burton-Rose, Paul Wright Common Courage Press, 2002 Disturbing,thought-provoking description of American prisons + "It's beginning to look a lot like prison..everywhere you go." + Future textbook for students of American history + An eye-opening look at U.S. prisons from behind bars             Crossing the Border: Encounters between Homeless People and Outreach Workers6 reviews Michael Rowe University of California Press, 1999 Very well done... + MSDQ Book News + MSDQ Book News + Note re: previous reviews and comments. + Crossing the Border             The Color of Welfare: How Racism Undermined the War on Poverty2 reviews Jill Quadagno Oxford University Press, USA, 1996 An indictment of American public policies + Color of Welfare Jill Quadagno argues that governments (reflecting the sentiments of moneyed constituents) bought into and even reinforced stereotypes about women of color being 'welfare queens'. Contrasting with the atmosphere of the authorizing legislation, society believed that these women needed to work ...             Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind: Homeless Children and Families in Small-Town America1 review Yvonne Vissing University Press of Kentucky, 1996 Beyond myths and beyond statistics This is the product of six years of research and work with homeless rural children and families. But while Vissing does her homework and musters the facts, the book goes beyond the statistics. This is not a scientific study of a problem -- this is a person talking about people. The book is full ...             Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind: Homeless Children and Families in Small-Town America1 review Yvonne Vissing University Press of Kentucky, 1996 Beyond myths and beyond statistics This is the product of six years of research and work with homeless rural children and families. But while Vissing does her homework and musters the facts, the book goes beyond the statistics. This is not a scientific study of a problem -- this is a person talking about people. The book is full ...             Crossing the Border: Encounters between Homeless People and Outreach Workers6 reviews Michael Rowe University of California Press, 1999 Very well done... + MSDQ Book News + MSDQ Book News + Note re: previous reviews and comments. + Crossing the Border             Merchants of Misery: How Corporate America Profits From Poverty3 reviews Michael Hudson Common Courage Press, 2002 a compelling analysis of America's poverty industry + Another War on the Poor "Merchants of Misery" is a damning indictment of unregulated, free-market capitalism and provides a reader with more than enough material to refute the claim that capitalism is synonymous with fredoom, as espoused by Milton Friedman disciples etcetera. A lucid, searing and compelling analysis of ...             Grand Central Winter35 reviews Lee Stringer Washington Square Press, 1999 A Well Written Moving Account Of Homeles Life On The Streets + It's literary memoir, not social commentary + Harsh and Real This book is an autobiographical account of a time in the author's life, Lee Stringer. Mr.Stringer begins the book describing his life as a homeless, crack addict who finds a pencil he intends to use to clean his crack pipe with. Then he realizes that a pen can be a very powerful tool and he starts ...             Voices from the Fields: Children of Migrant Farmworkers Tell Their Stories4 reviews S. Beth Atkin Little, Brown Young Readers, 1993 Picking into migrant families lives + Wonderful book for multi cultural interest + Easy read, yet sad + Review Of Voices From The Fields