LibGuide: Poverty in America

Poverty in America

If you're looking for resources to help you understand poverty in America, you've come to the right place! Contact the Library for database login information or answers to your research questions.

Research Starters

“Poverty.” Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2018
"Wealth Gap," Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2018

eBooks

Why America Lost the War on Poverty--And How to Win It, 2007

Importing Poverty? Immigration and the Changing Face of Rural America, 2009

Poverty in America: A Handbook, 2013

Confronting Suburban Poverty in America, 2013

The American Way of Poverty : How the Other Half Still Lives, 2013

Inequality in America: Race, Poverty, and Fulfilling Democracy's Promise, 2014

Poverty: A New Perspective, 2015

                  

Books

Poverty: Opposing Viewpoints, 1999

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, 2001

The Working Poor: Invisible in America, 2005

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, 2016

Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2019

            

Films

Capitalism: A Love Story, 2010

Poor Kids, 2013

   

Online Videos

Databases

Read sources about poverty and income inequality from a variety of perspectives on Opposing Viewpoints and  SIRS Issues Researcher.



   

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