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The Other America
The Other America: Poverty in the United States | Michael Harrington
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In the fifty years since it was published, The Other America has been established as a seminal work of sociology. This anniversary edition includes Michael Harrington�s essays on poverty in the 1970s and �80s as well as a new introduction (…more)
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This was a interesting read. The book was written in the early 60's so the statistics are off compared to where we are now in 2018. Or are they? To be honest, much of what he spoke about still felt applicable 50+ years later.

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"America tends to make its people miserable when they become old, and there are not enough phrases in the dictionary to gloss over this ugly reality."

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