The Other America
A firsthand account of poverty hidden within affluent America, following its effects on work, race, farming, aging, and housing while testing the numbers and policies used to define it.
12 parts, about 24 minutes to read.
At a glance
- Author
- Harrington, Michael
- Parts
- 12 parts
- Reading time
- about 24 minutes
- The whole book
- Also to read in full
What the summary covers
- The Invisible Land2 min
- The Rejects2 min
- Pastures of Plenty2 min
- If You’re Black, Stay Back2 min
- Three Poverties2 min
- The Golden Years2 min
- The Twisted Spirit2 min
- Old Slums, New Slums2 min
- The Two Nations2 min
- Appendix: Definitions2 min
- Afterword: Poverty in the Seventies2 min
- Afterword: Poverty and the Eighties2 min
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