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Autore |
Miller-Adams Michelle <1959-> |
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Titolo |
Owning up : poverty, assets, and the American dream / / Michelle Miller-Adams |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-81267-2 |
9786610812677 |
0-8157-0641-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (237 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Poverty - Government policy - United States |
Poor - United States - Finance, Personal |
Saving and investment - Government policy - United States |
Economic assistance, Domestic - United States |
Public welfare - United States |
Welfare recipients - United States - Economic conditions |
United States Economic conditions 1981-2001 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: Building Assets; CHAPTER TWO: Coming Home; CHAPTER THREE: On Common Ground; CHAPTER FOUR: Work with a Future; CHAPTER FIVE: Making It Her Business; CHAPTER SIX: Can the Poor Save?; Epilogue; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This text is about assets and the difference they can make in the lives of the poor. It expands the concept of asset building to encompass a range of skills and support systems that are necessary to lift people out of poverty. It identifies four types of asset: economic, human, social and natural. |
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