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If you loved Poor People by William T. Vollmann, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Poverty & Homelessness and Social Science.

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Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

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Queueing for a Living — Paddy O’Gorman

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Behind the Signs A Journey Through Homelessness — Kirk Toncray

Behind the Signs A Journey Through Homelessness

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Perspectives on Poverty in India Stylized Facts from Survey Data — The World Bank

Perspectives on Poverty in India Stylized Facts from Survey Data

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

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Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

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Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

StreetWays — Eugene F. Provenzo Jr.

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Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Food and Poverty The Political Economy of Confrontation — Radha Sinha

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Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Fighting Poverty and Social Exclusion in the EU A Chance in Europe 2020 — Matteo Jessoula

Fighting Poverty and Social Exclusion in the EU A Chance in Europe 2020

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Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

The Attack on World Poverty Going Back to Basics — Benny Dembitzer

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Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Society in America — Harriet Martineau

Society in America

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Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Children of Austerity Impact of the Great Recession on Child Poverty in Rich Countries — Bea Cantillon

Children of Austerity Impact of the Great Recession on Child Poverty in Rich Countries

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

American Dream Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation’s Drive to End Welfare — Jason DeParle

American Dream Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation’s Drive to End Welfare

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Before the New Deal Social Welfare in the South, 1830-1930 — Elna C. Green

Before the New Deal Social Welfare in the South, 1830-1930

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

The Injustice of Place Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America — Kathryn Edin

The Injustice of Place Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

The Homeless and the Empty Houses — Ron Bailey

The Homeless and the Empty Houses

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Rotten Days in Late Summer — Ralf Webb

Rotten Days in Late Summer

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Millionaire, You Can Be One — Charles D. Calhoun

Millionaire, You Can Be One

Charles D. Calhoun

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

All that is Solid How the Great Housing Disaster Defines Our Times, and what We Can Do about it — Daniel Dorling

All that is Solid How the Great Housing Disaster Defines Our Times, and what We Can Do about it

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Comfort for Small Incomes — Eliza Warren

Comfort for Small Incomes

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

All Over but the Shoutin’ A Memoir — Rick Bragg

All Over but the Shoutin’ A Memoir

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

“They Just Need to Get a Job” 15 Myths on Homelessness — Mary Brosnahan

“They Just Need to Get a Job” 15 Myths on Homelessness

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Downeast Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America — Gigi Georges

Downeast Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

Tradition and Revolt — Robert A. Nisbet

Tradition and Revolt

Robert A. Nisbet

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

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