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9780806132556

Waltzing With the Ghost of Tom Joad

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  • ISBN13:

    9780806132556

  • ISBN10:

    0806132558

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-10-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr

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Summary

In this groundbreaking work, Robert Lee Maril describes the nature of poverty in contemporary Oklahoma. Based on a four-year comprehensive study, Maril's work focuses on the lives of twelve families from 1995 to 1999. Relying on statistical analysis to sift fact from rumor about the poor and the reasons why they are poor, Maril defines the real cause of poverty: Oklahoma's reliance on low-wage labor.

Author Biography

Robert Lee Maril is Chair and Professor of Sociology University of Texas, Pan American.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi
Robert McCormick
Preface xv
Introduction 3(8)
Twelve Households
11(43)
Two and a Half Years Later
54(36)
Poverty in Oklahoma
90(17)
Social Myth and the Poor
107(23)
Creating Poverty: Low Wages, the State Economy, and the Working Poor
130(13)
Poverty and Public Policy
143(14)
Notes 157(14)
References 171(10)
Index 181

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