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Breadline USA The Hidden Scandal of American Hunger and How to Fix It
By Sasha Abramsky
Copyright 2009
209 Pages
by
Routledge
209 Pages
by
Routledge
209 Pages
by
Routledge
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Twenty-five million Americans—nearly 9 percent of the U.S. population—rely on food pantries. Another 13 million aren’t linked to a food distribution network, and 14 million children are at risk of going hungry on any given day. Moreover, the faltering economy is increasing the number of American families that don’t know where their next meals are coming from. <br>... Read more
Acknowledgments -- Note on Sources -- Prologue -- chapter 1 Driving to Hunger -- Interlude I -- chapter 2 When the Month Is Longer Than the Money -- Interlude II -- chapter 3 Trickle-up Poverty -- Interlude -- III chapter 4 Big-Box Special -- Interlude IV -- chapter 5 Elderly, Angry, and Looking for Work -- Interlude V -- chapter 6 Grapes of Wrath Regurgitated Conclusion: After the Fall -- Index
Biography
Sasha Abramsky is an award-winning magazine writer and book author .His work has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, Mother Jones, the Nation, the London Guardian and many other publications. He is a senior fellow at Demos and teaches in the writing program at the University of California at Davis. Abramsky lives in Sacramento, California with his wife and two children.
