In his book, Urrea goes into tremendous detail about his life living in those slums and the images he saw growing up on the other side of "the wire.... After a while, slums will just form due to such a large unemployment rate and people needing a place to go. ... Urrea explains why these migrants are moving at such an alarming rate when he states, "Imagine how bad things must get to make you leave behind your family, your friends, your lovers; your home, as humble as it might be; your church say.... I cannot lie; reading this book at times was hard. ... Urrea's book Across the ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I then inquired if he had a place to stay for the evening and he informed me that if he didn't get to Parkersburg he would go to a friend's house. ... Baumohl declares in his book Homelessness in America "The lives of all people, disabled or not, are embedded in circumstances shaped as much by structural factors as personal and biographical ones" ( 26). ... Baumohl states in his book Homeless in America that "According to this perspective, people were homeless because something was wrong with them- (25). ... Others simply define homelessness as the condition when the person or famil...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There are two dominant themes that play an important role in the book. ... Population of the so-called "Spanish Harlem" is mostly Hispanic, specifically Puerto Ricans who have emigrated from Puerto Rico throughout the 1900s. ... The conditions of El Barrio are unpleasant compared to other places in New York City. ... In this crackhouse massive amount of drug dealing took place. ... Thus, an individual that knows his way around in a familiar place will have a difficult time adjusting to a different place and environment. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I will compare the World Bank recommendations on female education from their 2007 Symposium on LDCs with the social realities of urban underclass neighborhoods as described by Edin and Kefalas in their book "Promises I can Keep" (2005). ... Their book represents a conscious attempt to report the typical opinions and thought processes of the real life subjects of living conditions in the urban underclass neighborhoods. ... The World Bank The World Bank is an International Financial Institution created at the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference (so-called Bretton Woods co...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate