poverty

"The story of Liberty Justice Jones, a sixteen-year-old girl living on a Christmas tree farm in Depression-era Texas. When hard times fall on the family, it is up to Liberty to risk everything to save the farm and realize her dreams"--Provided by publisher.

A play with the theme of societal salvation and salvation of the human soul brought out in characters representing the rich versus the poor.

Growing up in Harlem during the Depression, Price and his family did what they could to survive.

"Set in Depression Era Virginia, this is the story of orphaned Amelia and her struggle to keep her siblings together"--Provided by publisher.

Provides case studies, detailed analysis, charts and exercises, and specific solutions designed specifically for social, health, and legal services professionals who deal with people in poverty on a daily basis.

During the 1918 influenza outbreak, nine-year-old Rettie seeks ways to make Thanksgiving special for her siblings and ailing mother.

"In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Dr. Thomas Sowell of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, examines the reasons for large differences in income and wealth between nations and among groups within nations. A wide range of geographic, demographic, cultural, and political factors are examined, not to find a single factor or a single combination of factors that will explain all economic differences, but to show how particular combinations of factors limit or expand the possibilities for specific nations and peoples at specific times and places. Dr. Sowell also examines some popular explanations of these differences and shows why they will not stand up under scrutiny. In doing so, he takes on some of the reigning titans of the redistributionist movement-including John Rawls, Thomas Piketty, Paul Krugman, and Joseph Stiglitz-and shows how a remarkable number of their claims cannot withstand plain common sense, expressed in plain English"--Amazon.com.

Examines the factors that have caused Africa's economic problems and poverty, and explores ways in which some leaders and international organizations are helping to reduce poverty in Africa.

Jeremy, who longs to have the black high tops that everyone seems to have, is excited when he sees them for sale in a thrift shop and buys them even though they are the wrong size.

Investigates the nature of extreme poverty in the United States, including some families who live on just two dollars per person a day in their households. Discusses how such extreme poverty comes about in such an affluent country, the unique strategies such families use to survive with so little, and what can be done to reverse the fortunes of these families.