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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777547703321

Autore

Barnes Sandra L

Titolo

The cost of being poor [[electronic resource] ] : a comparative study of life in poor urban neighborhoods in Gary, Indiana / / Sandra L. Barnes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2005

ISBN

0-7914-8320-7

1-4237-4766-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Collana

SUNY series, the new inequalities

Disciplina

362.5/09772/99

Soggetti

Minorities - Indiana - Gary - Economic conditions

Minorities - Indiana - Gary - Social conditions

Poor - Indiana - Gary

Poverty - Psychological aspects

Gary (Ind.) Economic conditions

Gary (Ind.) Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : structure vs. agency and the poor urban experience -- The economics of the poor urban experience -- Space usage and cost differentials in Gary, Indiana : counting the costs -- Differential goods and services to feed a family : who pays the costs? -- Differential goods and services to clothe a family : who pays the costs? -- A tale of three families : impracticality costs -- Socio-psychological effects of daily exposure to poverty-related constraints : coping with the costs -- Conclusion : a thesis on the poor urban experience.