{"product_id":"if-you-came-this-way-a-journey-through-the-lives-of-the-underclass-paperback","title":"If You Came This Way: A Journey Through the Lives of the Underclass - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt each stage of their lives--from infant cribs to teen dropouts to welfare dependents to basement shelters for the elderly--the people of the underclass are shunned by the rest of the population, even by the working poor. The cycle is vicious: Underclass children get little help in their own homes (when they have homes); they are shoved aside at school until they drop out like their parents did; they are unable to find decent work without an education; they have children of their own for whom they cannot provide adequate care; and finally, they are dumped into human (but inhumane) warehouses for the not-quite-deceased. America cannot afford to do this to its poorest citizens; we cannot afford \u003ci\u003enot \u003c\/i\u003eto rescue the underclass. In the richest country on earth, the people of the underclass are not merely a problem, they are a scandal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Davis is an acclaimed author and filmmaker whose writing has won praise from Graham Greene, John Irving, Robert Stone, and William Styron. He covered the war in Iraq for the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e and was a contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e. He spent eighteen months traveling among the poorest Americans for \u003ci\u003eIf You Came This Way\u003c\/i\u003e, the title of which is from a poem by T. S. Eliot. Davis's films have won many prizes, and he received an Academy Award for his documentary on the Vietnam War, \u003ci\u003eHearts and Minds\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43730370723975,"sku":"9781497682320","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/3KeDpAigu9781497682320.webp?v=1768334890","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/if-you-came-this-way-a-journey-through-the-lives-of-the-underclass-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}