TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barnes,Sandra L.
TI  - The Cost of Being Poor: A Comparative Study of Life in Poor Urban Neighborhoods in Gary, Indiana
T2  - SUNY Series, the New Inequalities Series
SN  - 9780791483206
AV  - HV4046.G37 -- B37 2005eb 
U1  - 362.5/09772/99 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- The Cost of Being Poor -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Structure vs. Agency and the Poor Urban Experience -- 1. The Economics of the Poor Urban Experience -- 2. Space Usage and Cost Differentials in Gary, Indiana: Counting the Costs -- 3. Differential Goods and Services to Feed a Family: Who Pays the Costs? -- 4. Differential Goods and Services to Clothe a Family: Who Pays the Costs? -- 5. A Tale of Three Families: Impracticality Costs -- 6. Sociopsychological Implications of Exposure to Poverty-related Constraints: Coping with the Costs -- Conclusion: A Thesis on the Poor Urban Experience: Validating Experiences -- Appendix -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W
N2  - Looks at the daily lives of poor people to demonstrate that the poor pay more than others, by both monetary and other measures, to meet basic needs
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ER  -