Deindustrialization and poverty: Manufacturing decline and AFDC recipiency in Lake County, Indiana 1964-93

Sociological Forum

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 321-358

  Brady, David ^a   Wallace, Michael ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Deindustrialization; Historical case study; Time series analysis; Urban poverty; Women and children's poverty; Work and family

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035374287     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011008919557     Document Type: Article

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