History, Reference, Poverty, Human Geography, Sociology, Geography 

Persistant poverty has long been one of America's most pressing and intractable problems. According to some estimates, by 2003, almost twenty-five percent of the America's countries had per-capita incomes below one half the national average, high unemployment, low labour force participation rates, and a high dependency on government transfer payments - all measures of economic distress. An Atlas of Poverty in America shows how and where America's regional development patterns have become more uneven, and graphically illustrates the increasing number of communities falling behind the national economic average. Readers will be able to use this Atlas to see how major events and trends have impacted the scope and extent of American poverty in the past half-century:economic globalization, the rise of the sunbelt, decline of the welfare state, and the civil rights movement. Also includes 195 colour maps.- from Amazon 

History of the Atlas Project -- How to read this atlas -- Basics of poverty -- Introduction: the paradox of poverty in America -- Lived experiences: -- Children: poverty in America starts with children -- Women: often poor, vulnerable, and lacking access to basic needs -- Black families at risk -- Black male incarceration: impacts on the family -- Hard work and low pay define the lives of Hispanic Americans -- Elderly: social programs keep many out of poverty -- Working but poor -- The lived experience of the wealthy in America -- History of poverty: -- Poverty in the 1960s -- Poverty in 1970 -- Poverty in 1980 -- Poverty in 1990 -- Poverty in 2000 -- Distressed regions: -- Appalachia: a land apart in a wealthy nation -- The Mississippi Delta: plantation legacy of slow growth, racism, and severe inequality -- First nation poverty: lost lands, lost prosperity -- The border region: where the global and the local meet -- Rural poverty in America -- Segregation: a nation spatially divided -- History of poverty policy: -- American poverty policy from the 1930s to 2004. 

Includes CD-ROM, "CensusMapper," a demonstration version ... software for creating maps of U.S Census data; upgrade at http://censusmapper.com.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-93) and index.