Hard times on 125th street: Harlem's poor confront welfare reform

American Anthropologist

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 762-778

  Newman, Katherine S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Household organization; Poverty; Welfare reform; Working poor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035527867     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2001.103.3.762     Document Type: Article

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