Sweating It Out: What the 'Experts' Say Causes Poverty

By Michael L. Landon

Sweating it Out explores poverty in the United States through the viewpoints and arguments of academic and political 'experts, ' low-income adults from Louisiana, and the Bible and Christian theologians. In detailed chapters, Michael Landon presents each group's opinion on the causes of poverty, which include stress or mental illness, personal irresponsibility, social injustice, and family upbringing, among others.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761835210
• ISBN13: 9780761835219
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.5"