}Once heralded as the land of opportunity, America has become, for increasing numbers of her inhabitants, a nation of disappointment and hardship. In a land characterized by innumerable economic, environmental and social problems, poverty is escalating to the point where approximately one-third of the population is composed of the poor and the near poor. Persistent Poverty provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of one of Americas most disturbing social problems.In a clear, uncompromising style, Richard H. Ropers, Ph.D., a noted authority on the plight of the poverty-stricken,...
}Once heralded as the land of opportunity, America has become, for increasing numbers of her inhabitants, a nation of disappointment and hardship. In...
