Child Poverty and Inequality: Securing a Better Future for America's Children

Child Poverty and Inequality: Securing a Better Future for America's Children

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-224

  Lindsey, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child poverty; Economic success; Education; Great depression; Inequality; Middle class; Opportunity; Opportunity to work; Social order; Standard of living

Indexed keywords

EID: 65849392616     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195305449.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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