urban poor

Mary Childers discusses how her mother's many failed relationships and her childhood spent in poverty influenced the choices she has made and her goals in life.

A collection of personal narratives in which men and women explore how their lives were affected by living in the ghettos.

Photographs and text document the experiences of five individuals who came to live in the Lower East Side of New York City as children or young adults from Belarus, Italy, Lithuania, and Romania at the turn of the twentieth century.

Examines and provides real-life accounts of urban poor families living in Bombay, India.

Two sisters growing up in the Bronx find themselves involved in dangerous and exciting romances that show them a new world of elegance, drugs, and heartache.

Examines the literacy learning of children from poor, urban African-American families.

Contains twenty-five essays in which the authors examine issues related to inner-city poverty and debate its causes and possible solutions, and includes personal accounts of life in the inner city.

Explores how the loss of blue-collar jobs has affected American society, focusing on the African-American urban poor who suffer from a lack of available training and education as well as declining government and private support of job programs, and outlines a series of programs that can help families of all races.

Explains what a settlement house is, describes its role in the lives of poor children who live near it, and tells how the settlement house movement is still being felt today.