The Resource Growing up empty : the hunger epidemic in America, by Loretta Schwartz-Nobel
Growing up empty : the hunger epidemic in America, by Loretta Schwartz-Nobel
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- Summary
- This sequel to "Starving in the Shadow of Plenty" dramatically portrays the hunger found in middle- and working-class families, the suddenly homeless, as well as America's military families, its refugees, and its immigrants. A call to action, this work is a study of a hidden epidemic that still remains largely unacknowledged at the highest political levels and is lauded as "a deft blend of tough investigative reporting and deep compassion ... an unforgettable exploration of public policy, its failures and its victims" by the most respected senators, members of Congress, journalists and hunger advocates in the country. In 1981, President Reagan incongruously announced to the world that there were no hungry souls in the richest nation in the world, that poverty had been virtually wiped out. But Schwartz-Nobel had found a different story in America's communities, and she laid bare the horrifying truth about hunger in the United States in her landmark work on hunger, Starving in the Shadow of Plenty. That book caused Americans to reexamine their priorities. Twenty years later, Schwartz-Nobel returned to see how things had improved--and discovered that it was all the same. As she tracked this hidden political and emotional battle, she was shocked to find that hunger is deeper and wider than she could have imagined, that it has reached epic proportions. It is running rampant through urban, rural and suburban communities, affecting blacks, whites, Asians, Christians, Jews and nonbelievers alike. And it is getting worse. The stories of the people she encountered are the core of Growing Up Empty. With a combination of skillful investigative reporting and a novelist's sympathetic and humanistic eye for detail, Loretta Schwartz-Nobel portrays an unforgettable reality of human suffering that need not exist. Among the people we come to know in these pages are the new breed of homeless born of the "Welfare to Work" program--working poor who have jobs but do not make enough to support their families; immigrants who work under horrifying conditions for little money and fewer benefits; a formerly middle-class dentist's wife abandoned by her husband, reduced to stealing in order to feed her hungry children; soldiers who fight on our front lines, while their hungry young wives and children stand in bread lines and are denied benefits and baby formula at military health clinics
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xii, 252 pages
- Contents
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- Hunger and the middle class : Divorce and the downward spiral
- Hunger and the always poor : Generation after generation of urban and rural poverty
- Hunger and the military : From front lines to food lines
- Hunger and the working poor : Long hours, starvation wages
- Hunger and the homeless : America's wandering families
- Hunger, the immigrants and the refugees : Dreams of the dispossessed
- A story without an end : The ghosts of yesterday
- The last word
- Appendixes : A. The Medford Declaration ; B. Organizations
- Isbn
- 9780060195632
- Label
- Growing up empty : the hunger epidemic in America
- Title
- Growing up empty
- Title remainder
- the hunger epidemic in America
- Statement of responsibility
- by Loretta Schwartz-Nobel
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This sequel to "Starving in the Shadow of Plenty" dramatically portrays the hunger found in middle- and working-class families, the suddenly homeless, as well as America's military families, its refugees, and its immigrants. A call to action, this work is a study of a hidden epidemic that still remains largely unacknowledged at the highest political levels and is lauded as "a deft blend of tough investigative reporting and deep compassion ... an unforgettable exploration of public policy, its failures and its victims" by the most respected senators, members of Congress, journalists and hunger advocates in the country. In 1981, President Reagan incongruously announced to the world that there were no hungry souls in the richest nation in the world, that poverty had been virtually wiped out. But Schwartz-Nobel had found a different story in America's communities, and she laid bare the horrifying truth about hunger in the United States in her landmark work on hunger, Starving in the Shadow of Plenty. That book caused Americans to reexamine their priorities. Twenty years later, Schwartz-Nobel returned to see how things had improved--and discovered that it was all the same. As she tracked this hidden political and emotional battle, she was shocked to find that hunger is deeper and wider than she could have imagined, that it has reached epic proportions. It is running rampant through urban, rural and suburban communities, affecting blacks, whites, Asians, Christians, Jews and nonbelievers alike. And it is getting worse. The stories of the people she encountered are the core of Growing Up Empty. With a combination of skillful investigative reporting and a novelist's sympathetic and humanistic eye for detail, Loretta Schwartz-Nobel portrays an unforgettable reality of human suffering that need not exist. Among the people we come to know in these pages are the new breed of homeless born of the "Welfare to Work" program--working poor who have jobs but do not make enough to support their families; immigrants who work under horrifying conditions for little money and fewer benefits; a formerly middle-class dentist's wife abandoned by her husband, reduced to stealing in order to feed her hungry children; soldiers who fight on our front lines, while their hungry young wives and children stand in bread lines and are denied benefits and baby formula at military health clinics
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Schwartz-Nobel, Loretta
- Dewey number
- 363.8/2/0973
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HC110.P6
- LC item number
- S327 2002
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Poverty
- Hunger
- Malnutrition
- Hunger
- Hunger
- Hunger
- Malnutrition
- Poverty
- United States
- Unterernährung
- Armut
- Hunger
- USA
- Public Health
- Label
- Growing up empty : the hunger epidemic in America, by Loretta Schwartz-Nobel
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
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- Content category
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- Contents
- Hunger and the middle class : Divorce and the downward spiral -- Hunger and the always poor : Generation after generation of urban and rural poverty -- Hunger and the military : From front lines to food lines -- Hunger and the working poor : Long hours, starvation wages -- Hunger and the homeless : America's wandering families -- Hunger, the immigrants and the refugees : Dreams of the dispossessed -- A story without an end : The ghosts of yesterday -- The last word -- Appendixes : A. The Medford Declaration ; B. Organizations
- Control code
- ocm48943873
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xii, 252 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060195632
- Lccn
- 2002020737
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o48943873
- (OCoLC)48943873
- Label
- Growing up empty : the hunger epidemic in America, by Loretta Schwartz-Nobel
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Hunger and the middle class : Divorce and the downward spiral -- Hunger and the always poor : Generation after generation of urban and rural poverty -- Hunger and the military : From front lines to food lines -- Hunger and the working poor : Long hours, starvation wages -- Hunger and the homeless : America's wandering families -- Hunger, the immigrants and the refugees : Dreams of the dispossessed -- A story without an end : The ghosts of yesterday -- The last word -- Appendixes : A. The Medford Declaration ; B. Organizations
- Control code
- ocm48943873
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xii, 252 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060195632
- Lccn
- 2002020737
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o48943873
- (OCoLC)48943873
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