Practices of Research Organizations in Surveys of the Poor
by Weiss, Carol H.; Bauman, Laurie J.; Rogers, Theresa F
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New York, New York: Bureau of Applied Social Research Columbia University , 1973. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, spine is faded as well as the outer edges of the blue wrapper, former owner's name in red in the upper corner of the front of the wrapper, some light shelf wear, overall a very clean used first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Light blue wraps with black lettering. 64 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages! Extremely scarce and out-of-print! "From the late 1960s on, there was a striking increase in interview surveys with low-income people in the United States. With the plight of the pooor a significant item on the political agenda, the need for information about them ---- their attitudes and opinions, life styles, behaviors, conditions, responses to program endeavors ---- increased, and research organizations throughout the country undertook studies based on personal interviews with poor people....." ---- from the Introduction.. First Edition / First Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Practices of Research Organizations in Surveys of the Poor
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- Weiss, Carol H.; Bauman, Laurie J.; Rogers, Theresa F
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- Bureau of Applied Social Research Columbia University
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- SOCIOLOGY POOR POVERTY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ENVIRONMENT HOMELESSNESS
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- Sociology;
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