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Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass! HC/DJ! MINT & COOL!
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Inscribed
- No
- Vintage
- No
- Personalize
- No
- Release Year
- 2003
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Reprint
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9781566633826
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dee Publisher, Ivan R.
ISBN-10
1566633826
ISBN-13
9781566633826
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1965354
Product Key Features
Book Title
Life at the Bottom : the Worldview That Makes the Underclass
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Poverty & Homelessness, World, Penology, Europe / General, Criminology
Publication Year
2001
Genre
Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2001-037221
Reviews
This devastating account and analysis of underclass life "and the elite ideas which support it "is a classic for our times., Dalrymple "s vivid writing and often heartbreaking stories rise above his deeply felt social analysis., Dalrymple's vivid writing and often heartbreaking stories rise above his deeply felt social analysis., "Truthful-therefore morally courageous and intellectually rigorous." --Norman Podhoretz "Dalrymple's vivid writing and often heartbreaking stories rise above his deeply felt social analysis." -- Publishers Weekly "Brilliant social analysis...a master chronicle of life at the bottom." --Hilton Kramer "Lucid, unsentimental, and profoundly honest...Dalrymple is one of the great essayists of our age." --Denis Dutton, Editor, Arts & Letters Daily "This devastating account and analysis of underclass life-and the elite ideas which support it-is a classic for our times." --Thomas Sowell, Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University "It is a truism that ideas have consequences, but a truism is rarely illustrated as implacably as in this book." --George F. Will, Washington Post "Theodore Dalrymple is the best doctor-writer since William Carlos Williams." --Peggy Noonan "Mr. Daniels's best essays cast a spell almost from the opening line." --New York Sun "A landmark experience is reading Life at the Bottom..." --Detroit Free Press "Once in a long while a writer comes along with a vision so powerful that it shakes you. Theodore Dalrymple is that kind of writer." --Bruce Ramsey, Liberty Press, Once in a long while a writer comes along with a vision so powerful that it shakes you. Theodore Dalrymple is that kind of writer., It is a truism that ideas have consequences, but a truism is rarely illustrated as implacably as in this book.
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
362.2/086/9420941
Table Of Content
Series Introduction PART ONE: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN THE SUBJECT Recurring Themes and Current Issues - Helen Freidus Curriculum Process and Design - Diane Lynch Fraser Pre-K-Grade Three Funding Curriculum Projects The Content of Integrated Early Childhood Education - Doris Pronin Fromberg State Guidelines for Early Childhood Education - Diane Lynch Fraser State-Level Curriculum Guidelines A Listing PART TWO: CURRICULUM GUIDES AND SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS How to Develop an Assessment Program - Meridene Grant Annotated Lists of Curriculum Guides - Eileen Tracy Borgia Prekindergarten-Grade 3 Projects in the Early Childhood Curriculum - Eileen Tracy Borgia Recommended Trade Books - Debra Schuller PART THREE: TEXTBOOKS, CLASSROOM MATERIALS, AND OTHER RESOURCES Curriculum Materials Producers Statewide Textbook Adoption Index to Reviews Kraus Curriculum Development Library Customers
Synopsis
A searing account of life in the underclass and why it persists as it does, written by a British psychiatrist., Theodore Dalrymple argues that long-term poverty is caused not by economics but by a dysfunctional set of values, one that is continually reinforced by an elite culture searching for victims., The poor's lack of dignity, sense of self-preservation, or concern for others are repeating motifs in this collection of essays which were derived from the author's work as a physician and psychiatrist at a London hospital and a British prison. The transcripts of his conversations with people at the
LC Classification Number
RC451.P6D35 2001
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