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- 9780063239494
- Book Title
- Injustice of Place : Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America
- Item Length
- 9.4in
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Genre
- History, Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- Poverty & Homelessness, Social History, Public Policy / Economic Policy
- Item Width
- 6.3in
- Item Weight
- 17 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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A sweeping and surprising new understanding of extreme poverty in America from the authors of the acclaimed $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America. "This book forces you to see American poverty in a whole new light." (Matthew Desmond, author of Poverty, by America and Evicted) Three of the nation's top scholars - known for tackling key mysteries about poverty in America - turn their attention from the country's poorest people to its poorest places. Based on a fresh, data-driven approach, they discover that America's most disadvantaged communities are not the big cities that get the most notice. Instead, nearly all are rural. Little if any attention has been paid to these places or to the people who make their lives there. This revelation set in motion a five-year journey across Appalachia, the Cotton and Tobacco Belts of the Deep South, and South Texas. Immersing themselves in these communities, poring over centuries of local history, attending parades and festivals, the authors trace the legacies of the deepest poverty in America--including inequalities shaping people's health, livelihoods, and upward social mobility for families. Wrung dry by powerful forces and corrupt government officials, the "internal colonies" in these regions were exploited for their resources and then left to collapse. The unfolding revelation in The Injustice of Place is not about what sets these places apart, but about what they have in common--a history of raw, intensive resource extraction and human exploitation. This history and its reverberations demand a reckoning and a commitment to wage a new War on Poverty, with the unrelenting focus on our nation's places of deepest need.
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HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0063239493
ISBN-13
9780063239494
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4058359565
Product Key Features
Book Title
Injustice of Place : Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Poverty & Homelessness, Social History, Public Policy / Economic Policy
Publication Year
2023
Genre
History, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.4in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
17 Oz
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Hc110.P6e344 2023
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"Three of the nation's top poverty scholars deliver a profound inquiry into the most disadvantaged communities in America. Combining historical and statistical analysis with on-the-ground interviewing, the authors present novel and provocative arguments for many social ills that plague these regions. This book challenges and enrages, humbles and indicts--and forces you to see American poverty in a whole new light." -- Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted "A remarkable book that could very well change the way we think about poverty in the United States." -- New York Times on $2 a Day "Profound and moving." -- NPR's Marketplace on $2 a Day "Harrowing . . . [An] important and heart-rending book, in the tradition of Michael Harrington's The Other America." -- Los Angeles Times on $2 a Day "This searing look at extreme poverty deftly mixes policy research and heartrending narratives.... Mixing academic seriousness and deft journalistic storytelling, this work may well move readers to positive action." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review, on $2 a Day, "A powerful, alarming portrayal of how poverty remains entrenched in unfairly forgotten places across America." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Three of the nation's top poverty scholars deliver a profound inquiry into the most disadvantaged communities in America. Combining historical and statistical analysis with on-the-ground interviewing, the authors present novel and provocative arguments for many social ills that plague these regions. This book challenges and enrages, humbles and indicts--and forces you to see American poverty in a whole new light." -- Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted and Poverty, by America "Captivating and insightful, The Injustice of Place sheds new light on how the places in which we live shape so many aspects of our lives -- from our jobs to our health to our children's prospects. By interweaving big data with on-the-ground ethnography and historical analysis, the authors exemplify the best of social science today, and will surely help frame policy discussions in the years to come." -- Raj Chetty, Harvard University, recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal recognizing the economist under forty whose work has made the most significant contribution to the field "Woven with vivid, first-hand accounts and bolstered by fresh data, Injustice of Place convincingly knots present-day disadvantage to the long tail of racism and extractive capitalism. This book delivers new insights into solving today's most intractable injustices." -- Mona Hanna-Attisha, Flint, MI, pediatrician and author of What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City "There is no book on poverty in America quite like this one. Original reporting and rigorous data analysis reveal a living history of injustice maintained through corruption, resource extraction, and violence; but the book doesn't leave us there. We meet everyday people who, even in the face of backlash from the economic and political elite, try to bring about change. Incisive, surprising, enraging, and hopeful, The Injustice of Place is the book on poverty we've needed all along." -- Reuben Jonathan Miller, 2022 MacArthur Fellow and author of Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration "This eye-opening account provides a powerful lens with which to view contemporary inequality in America." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Every few years, an academic work arrives that transcends genre, combining unparalleled research skills with engaging storytelling. The Injustice of Place... harnesses the most powerful aspects of big data while diving into historic narratives that continue to inform and instruct." -- Shelf Awareness "An innovative study of American poverty." -- Booklist, "Three of the nation's top poverty scholars deliver a profound inquiry into the most disadvantaged communities in America. Combining historical and statistical analysis with on-the-ground interviewing, the authors present novel and provocative arguments for many social ills that plague these regions. This book challenges and enrages, humbles and indicts--and forces you to see American poverty in a whole new light." -- Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City "Captivating and insightful, The Injustice of Place sheds new light on how the places in which we live shape so many aspects of our lives -- from our jobs to our health to our children's prospects. By interweaving big data with on-the-ground ethnography and historical analysis, the authors exemplify the best of social science today, and will surely help frame policy discussions in the years to come." -- Raj Chetty, William A. Ackman Professor of Economics at Harvard University and recipient of the John Bates Clark medal, given to the economist under 40 whose work is judged to have made the most significant contribution to the field "Woven with vivid, first-hand accounts and bolstered by fresh data, Injustice of Place convincingly knots present-day disadvantage to the long tail of racism and extractive capitalism. This book delivers new insights into solving today's most intractable injustices." -- Mona Hanna-Attisha, Flint, MI, pediatrician and author of What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City "There is no book on poverty in America quite like this one. Original reporting and rigorous data analysis reveal a living history of injustice maintained through corruption, resource extraction, and violence; but the book doesn't leave us there. We meet everyday people who, even in the face of backlash from the economic and political elite, try to bring about change. Incisive, surprising, enraging, and hopeful, The Injustice of Place is the book on poverty we've needed all along." -- Reuben Jonathan Miller, 2022 MacArthur Fellow and author of Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration "A remarkable book that could very well change the way we think about poverty in the United States." -- New York Times on $2 a Day "Profound and moving." -- NPR's Marketplace on $2 a Day "Harrowing . . . [An] important and heart-rending book, in the tradition of Michael Harrington's The Other America." -- Los Angeles Times on $2 a Day "This searing look at extreme poverty deftly mixes policy research and heartrending narratives.... Mixing academic seriousness and deft journalistic storytelling, this work may well move readers to positive action." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review, on $2 a Day, "A powerful, alarming portrayal of how poverty remains entrenched in unfairly forgotten places across America." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Three of the nation's top poverty scholars deliver a profound inquiry into the most disadvantaged communities in America. Combining historical and statistical analysis with on-the-ground interviewing, the authors present novel and provocative arguments for many social ills that plague these regions. This book challenges and enrages, humbles and indicts--and forces you to see American poverty in a whole new light." -- Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted and Poverty, by America "Captivating and insightful, The Injustice of Place sheds new light on how the places in which we live shape so many aspects of our lives -- from our jobs to our health to our children's prospects. By interweaving big data with on-the-ground ethnography and historical analysis, the authors exemplify the best of social science today, and will surely help frame policy discussions in the years to come." -- Raj Chetty, Harvard University, recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal recognizing the economist under forty whose work has made the most significant contribution to the field "Woven with vivid, first-hand accounts and bolstered by fresh data, Injustice of Place convincingly knots present-day disadvantage to the long tail of racism and extractive capitalism. This book delivers new insights into solving today's most intractable injustices." -- Mona Hanna-Attisha, Flint, MI, pediatrician and author of What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City "There is no book on poverty in America quite like this one. Original reporting and rigorous data analysis reveal a living history of injustice maintained through corruption, resource extraction, and violence; but the book doesn't leave us there. We meet everyday people who, even in the face of backlash from the economic and political elite, try to bring about change. Incisive, surprising, enraging, and hopeful, The Injustice of Place is the book on poverty we've needed all along." -- Reuben Jonathan Miller, 2022 MacArthur Fellow and author of Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration "This eye-opening account provides a powerful lens with which to view contemporary inequality in America." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Every few years, an academic work arrives that transcends genre, combining unparalleled research skills with engaging storytelling. The Injustice of Place... harnesses the most powerful aspects of big data while diving into historic narratives that continue to inform and instruct." -- Shelf Awareness, "Three of the nation's top poverty scholars deliver a profound inquiry into the most disadvantaged communities in America. Combining historical and statistical analysis with on-the-ground interviewing, the authors present novel and provocative arguments for many social ills that plague these regions. This book challenges and enrages, humbles and indicts--and forces you to see American poverty in a whole new light." -- Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted and Poverty, by America "Captivating and insightful, The Injustice of Place sheds new light on how the places in which we live shape so many aspects of our lives -- from our jobs to our health to our children's prospects. By interweaving big data with on-the-ground ethnography and historical analysis, the authors exemplify the best of social science today, and will surely help frame policy discussions in the years to come." -- Raj Chetty, Harvard University, recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal recognizing the economist under forty whose work has made the most significant contribution to the field "Woven with vivid, first-hand accounts and bolstered by fresh data, Injustice of Place convincingly knots present-day disadvantage to the long tail of racism and extractive capitalism. This book delivers new insights into solving today's most intractable injustices." -- Mona Hanna-Attisha, Flint, MI, pediatrician and author of What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City "There is no book on poverty in America quite like this one. Original reporting and rigorous data analysis reveal a living history of injustice maintained through corruption, resource extraction, and violence; but the book doesn't leave us there. We meet everyday people who, even in the face of backlash from the economic and political elite, try to bring about change. Incisive, surprising, enraging, and hopeful, The Injustice of Place is the book on poverty we've needed all along." -- Reuben Jonathan Miller, 2022 MacArthur Fellow and author of Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration "A remarkable book that could very well change the way we think about poverty in the United States." -- New York Times on $2 a Day "Profound and moving." -- NPR's Marketplace on $2 a Day "Harrowing . . . [An] important and heart-rending book, in the tradition of Michael Harrington's The Other America." -- Los Angeles Times on $2 a Day "This searing look at extreme poverty deftly mixes policy research and heartrending narratives.... Mixing academic seriousness and deft journalistic storytelling, this work may well move readers to positive action." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review, on $2 a Day
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