Books like Trash A Poor White Journey

#1

The Black Reparations Project A Handbook for Racial Justice

William Darity

Themes: Activism & Social Justice • Economic History • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

#2

The Hard Surface Road A Memoir of the Great Depression

Clyde R. Kennedy

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Economic History • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

#3

White Poverty How Exposing Myths about Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy

William J. Barber (II)

Themes: Activism & Social Justice • Poverty & Homelessness • Economic History

#4

Senderos Fronterizos Breaking Through Spanish Edition

Francisco Jiménez

Themes: Activism & Social Justice • Poverty & Homelessness • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

#5

Same Kind of Different as Me for Kids

Ron Hall

Themes: Activism & Social Justice • Poverty & Homelessness • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

#6

Heartland A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth

Sarah Smarsh

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Economic History • Business & Economics

#7

Hillbilly Elegy A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

J. D. Vance

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional • Business & Economics

#8

The Teen Guide to Global Action How to Connect with Others (near & Far) to Create Social Change

Barbara A. Lewis

Themes: Activism & Social Justice • Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

#9

If You See Them Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America

Vicki Sokolik

Themes: Activism & Social Justice • Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

#10

Up from the Projects An Autobiography

Walter Edward Williams

Themes: Economic History • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional • Business & Economics

#11

Small Loans, Big Dreams, 2022 Edition Grameen Bank and the Microfinance Revolution in Bangladesh, America, and Beyond

Alex Counts

Themes: Activism & Social Justice • Poverty & Homelessness • Business & Economics

#12

Sugar in the Blood A Family’s Story of Slavery and Empire

Andrea Stuart

Themes: Economic History • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional • Business & Economics

#13

Giving How Each of Us Can Change the World

President Bill Clinton

Themes: Activism & Social Justice • Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

#14

Old Enough to Make a Difference Be Inspired by Real-Life Children Building a More Sustainable Future

Rebecca Hui

Themes: Activism & Social Justice • Poverty & Homelessness • Business & Economics

#15

Mayor of the Tenderloin Del Seymour’s Journey from Living on the Streets to Fighting Homelessness in San Francisco

Alison Owings

Themes: Activism & Social Justice • Poverty & Homelessness • Social Science

#16

The Instinct of Workmanship and the State of the Industrial Arts

Thorstein Veblen

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Economic History • Business & Economics

#17

Night Comes to the Cumberlands A Biography of a Depressed Area

Harry M. Caudill

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Economic History • Business & Economics

#18

The Great Divide — Joseph E. Stiglitz

Joseph E Stiglitz

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Economic History • Business & Economics

#19

The English Poor Law, 1531-1782

Paul Slack

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Economic History • Business & Economics

#20

Pauperland Poverty and the Poor in Britain

Jeremy Seabrook

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Economic History • Business & Economics

#21

Plutocrats The Rise of the New Global Super-rich

Chrystia Freeland

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Economic History • Business & Economics

#22

Grassroots Economies Living with Austerity in Southern Europe

Susana Narotzky

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Economic History • Business & Economics

#23

The Road to Poverty The Making of Wealth and Hardship in Appalachia

Dwight B. Billings

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Economic History • Business & Economics

#24

When Work Disappears The World of the New Urban Poor

William Julius Wilson

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Economic History • Business & Economics