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American Poverty (Life in America) Kindle Edition

by Laurel A. Rockefeller (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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In this thought-provoking historical and economic analysis, Laurel A. Rockefeller takes on poverty culture head-on, exploring what it means to poor in the United States while taking a look at how America's closest and much more economically successful allies (Canada, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom) take care of their poor. From housing conditions to hunger to poverty psychology, Ms. Rockefeller takes on the core issues while offering tangible steps everyone of every income bracket can take today to secure America's future and guarantee a secure America for our children.


Part one: essays exploring five facets of poverty in America: a lack of empathy, complacency about poverty, poverty shaming, public housing, and rape culture.

Part two: analysis on how each of us can and should address each facet of poverty, no matter how old or young we are.

Part three: a look at poverty and public policy towards poverty in Germany, France, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Comparative analysis between these US allies and the United States and the impact of poverty on foreign policy and national security.

Sources include: American Express, Forbes, CNN Money, The New York Times, Feeding America, The Shriver Report, Herald Scotland, BBC News, The Joseph Roundtree Foundation, The Huffington Post, and The Toronto Star.
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    Life in America
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    79 pages
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    English
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    4 - 12
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    October 11, 2014
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Born, raised, and educated in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, author-historian Laurel A. Rockefeller has published over twenty book titles since August 2012.  Best known for the Legendary Women of World History biography Series, she is a tireless history educator and advocate for social justice.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00OFCK40K
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Laurel A. Rockefeller Books (October 11, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 11, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1385 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 79 pages
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Laurel A. Rockefeller

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Born, raised, and educated in Lincoln, Nebraska USA Laurel A. Rockefeller’s passion for animals comes through in everything she writes. First self-published in 2012 as social science fiction author (the Peers of Beinan series), Laurel has expanded her work into the animal care/guide, history, historical fiction, and biography genres.

Find Laurel’s books in digital, paperback, and hardcover in your choice of up to ten languages, including Welsh, Chinese, and Dutch. Audio editions are published in all four available languages for audible: English, French, Spanish, and German.

Besides advocating for animals and related environmental causes, Laurel A. Rockefeller is a passionate educator dedicated to improving history literacy worldwide, especially as it relates to women’s accomplishments. In her spare time, Laurel enjoys spending time with her cockatiels, travelling to historic places, and watching classic motion pictures and classic television series.

Fun facts about Laurel:

Laurel started as a singer-songwriter and can be heard singing cameos on some of her audiobooks.

Laurel's first national (USA) publication was a sonnet called "Why Bilbo?" for the Minas Tirith Evening Star, the journal of the American Tolkien Society.

Laurel lettered in competitive public speaking her senior year in high school.

Laurel earned membership in Phi Beta Kappa with three majors, seven semesters on the Dean's list, and a graduating GPA of 3.81.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

In addition to the more prestigious Phi Beta Kappa, Laurel also earned and holds membership in both Psi Chi honor society for Psychology majors and Phi Alpha Theta honor society for History majors.

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Rodney L.
5.0 out of 5 stars FACTUAL BASED ACCOUNTING OF AMERICA
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2020
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This is a must read for all Americans. It hit on the core issues and reality caused by our Vulture Capitalism!
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Don Nohavec & Benchamast Ngadsunthia
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding commentary on the state of poverty in America!
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2020
I absolutely loved this collection of essays on the state of poverty in America. Written in 2014, exactly half-way between the Great Recession of 2008 and the COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020, the commentary presented by Laurel Rockefeller really highlights severe social problems, not only in this decade and in this country, but also throughout history and throughout the world. Laurel does a fantastic job of intermixing storytelling of her own experiences with poverty with extensive historical research on socioeconomic and political policies, highlighting how painful and devastating these rifts are within our society. One of the things that struck me was how she not only exposed these issues, but also offered real and actionable solutions, something authors all too often do not do in their work. I highly recommend this book. A must read!
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Rich M.
4.0 out of 5 stars Thought-provoking
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2015
An interesting series of essays on American Poverty, Ms. Rockefeller covers all the salient points as to why the USA is quickly fading as an actual World Power, becoming more of a "world bully" because we don't bother to take care of our own people, and we don't care about how our own culture affects normal people. Definitely worth a read.
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