Publication

1992 - Crossway Books, Wheaton, Ill, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

74,750 words, Guess

Page Count

299 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number92011937
  • Better World Books9780891076544
  • Open LibraryOL1710086M

Classifications

  • DDC362.5/8/0973
  • LCCHV4505 .O38 1992
  • LCCHV4505 .O38 1995
and 1 more
  • LCCHV4505.O38 1992

Description

This is a book of hope at a time when just about everyone but Marvin Olasky has lost hope. The topic is poverty and the underclass. The profound truth that Marvin Olasky forces us to confront is that the problems of the underclass are not caused by poverty. Some of them are exacerbated by poverty, but we know that they need not be caused by poverty, for poverty has been the condition of the vast majority of human communities since the dawn of history, and they have for the most part been communities of stable families, nurtured children, and low crime. It is wrong to think that writing checks will end the problems of the underclass, or even reduce them. - Preface.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The tragedy of American compassionCrossway Books1992-01-01

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