Document Type
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BL
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Record Number
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963022
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b717392
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Main Entry
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Miller-Adams, Michelle,1959-
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Title & Author
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Owning up : : poverty, assets, and the American dream /\ Michelle Miller-Adams.
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Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: Brookings Institution Press,, ©2002.
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Page. NO
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1 online resource (x, 224 pages)
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ISBN
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0815706413
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: 1280812672
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: 9780815706410
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: 9781280812675
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0815706197
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0815706200
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
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Building assets -- Coming home -- On common ground -- Work with a future -- Making it her business -- Can the poor save?
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Abstract
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This text is about assets and the difference they can make in the lives of the poor. It expands the concept of asset building to encompass a range of skills and support systems that are necessary to lift people out of poverty. It identifies four types of asset: economic, human, social and natural.
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Subject
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Economic assistance, Domestic-- United States.
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Poor-- United States-- Finance, Personal.
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Poverty-- Government policy-- United States.
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Public welfare-- United States.
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Saving and investment-- Government policy-- United States.
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Welfare recipients-- United States-- Economic conditions.
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Economic assistance, Domestic.
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Economic history.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Policy.
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Poor-- Finance, Personal.
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Poverty-- Government policy.
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Public welfare.
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Saving and investment-- Government policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Poverty Homelessness.
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Welfare recipients-- Economic conditions.
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Subject
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United States, Economic conditions, 1981-2001.
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Subject
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United States.
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Dewey Classification
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362.5/82
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LC Classification
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HC110.P6M54 2002eb
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