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Abandoned in the Heartland: Work, Family, and Living in East St. Louis

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Abandoned in the Heartland: Work, Family, and Living in East St. Louis - Hamer, Jennifer
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"Politicians today giddily cut taxes and public services without considering the consequences. Read this sensitive portrait of East St. Louis to understand the social costs of government abandonment. Families can and do survive amidst the crumbling infrastructure. But without decent jobs, medical care, and housing, their daily lives are filled with danger and desperation. Hamer makes an urgent case for reinvesting in the American Dream." --Christine L. Williams, Professor and Chair of Sociology, University of Texas at ...

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Abandoned in the Heartland: Work, Family, and Living in East St. Louis 2011, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA

ISBN-13: 9780520269323

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