Pt. I. Poverty in the United States and the Sociological Imagination
Pt. II. Theories of Poverty: Why Are the Poor Poor?
Ch. 1. Individual/Cultural and Structural Explanations
Individual and Cultural Explanations
Structural Explanations for Poverty
Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading
Poverty or At Home in a Car / Jackie Spinks
The Armstrongs: An Oral History of a Homeless American Family / Steven VanderStaay
Worlds Apart / Cynthia M. Duncan
I Dream a Lot / Ah-Bead-Soot
Feeling Trapped / Nikkie Thompson
No 40 Acres and a Mule: An Interview with a Displaced Black Farmer / Robert D. Bullard
Pt. III. Living on the Economic Margins
Ch. 2. Survival and Finances
