Worlds Apart

Author: Cynthia M. Duncan
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300210515
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 329

Book Description
First published in 1999, Worlds Apart examined the nature of poverty through the stories of real people in three remote rural areas of the United States: New England, Appalachia, and the Mississippi Delta. In this new edition, Duncan returns to her original research, interviewing some of the same people as well as some new key informants. Duncan provides powerful new insights into the dynamics of poverty, politics, and community change. "Duncan, through in-depth investigation and interviews, concludes that only a strong civic culture, a sense among citizens of community and the need to serve that community, can truly address poverty. . . . Moving and troubling. Duncan has created a remarkable study of the persistent patterns of poverty and power."—Kirkus Reviews "The descriptions of rural poverty in Worlds Apart are interesting and read almost like a novel."—Choice

Worlds Apart

Author: Swanee Hunt
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822349752
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298

Book Description
Tells of a well-meaning foreign policy establishment often deaf to the voices of everyday people

Worlds Apart

Author: Branko Milanovic
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400840813
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
We are used to thinking about inequality within countries--about rich Americans versus poor Americans, for instance. But what about inequality between all citizens of the world? Worlds Apart addresses just how to measure global inequality among individuals, and shows that inequality is shaped by complex forces often working in different directions. Branko Milanovic, a top World Bank economist, analyzes income distribution worldwide using, for the first time, household survey data from more than 100 countries. He evenhandedly explains the main approaches to the problem, offers a more accurate way of measuring inequality among individuals, and discusses the relevant policies of first-world countries and nongovernmental organizations. Inequality has increased between nations over the last half century (richer countries have generally grown faster than poorer countries). And yet the two most populous nations, China and India, have also grown fast. But over the past two decades inequality within countries has increased. As complex as reconciling these three data trends may be, it is clear: the inequality between the world's individuals is staggering. At the turn of the twenty-first century, the richest 5 percent of people receive one-third of total global income, as much as the poorest 80 percent. While a few poor countries are catching up with the rich world, the differences between the richest and poorest individuals around the globe are huge and likely growing.

Worlds Apart

Author: James Riley
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 148148575X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 512

Book Description
Owen and Bethany try to find their way back to each other after the fictional and nonfictional worlds are torn apart in the finale of this "New York Times"-bestselling series.

Worlds Apart

Author: Malcolm Byrne
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108838529
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 341

Book Description
An expertly curated and annotated collection of declassified records, revealing the inner workings of US-Iran relations after 1978.

X-Men

Author:
Publisher: Marvel
ISBN: 9780785135333
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A collection of previously published comics in which Storm, a member of the X-Men and queen of the African nation of Wakanda, travels home when one of her former students is charged with murder, and comes across evidence that the devious telepath known as the Shadow King--Storm's greatest enemy--is back.

Worlds Apart

Author: Chuck Bomar
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780310671060
Category : Church group work with young adults
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The lives of college students today are vastly different than previous generations. For older generations, twenty-somethings' values, goals, and ethics can seem impossible to understand. Chuck Bomar has built ministries around these differences to help parents and ministry leaders understand this new generation and bridge the two worlds together.

Worlds Apart: Modernity Through the Prism of the Local

Author: Daniel Miller
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134840942
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
Worlds Apart is concerned with one of the new futures of anthropology, namely the advances in technologies which r eate an imagination of new global and local forms. It also analyses studies of the consumption of these forms and attempts to go beyond the assumptions that consumption either localises or fails to effect global forms and images. Several of the chapters are written by anthropologists who have specialised in material culture studies and who examine the new forms, especially television and mass commodities, as well as some new uses of older forms, such as the body. The book also considers the ways in which people are increasingly not the primary creators of these images but have become secondary consumers.

Worlds Apart

Author: Mai Kim Le
Publisher: Waterside Productions
ISBN: 9781954968905
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
Worlds Apart is a deeply personal and beautifully written narrative about being plunged into a new culture as a child - and daring to emerge as a unique presence in an adopted society. Moving from war-torn Vietnam to the United States, the author's uniquely uninhibited voice delivers blunt honesty and new insights regarding the power of human resilience and love. Raw and real, Mai Le's journey will resonate for so many people, offering reflections on family, identity, love and financial struggles. Her story transcends all the things that we think make us different, showing how they can actually help to bring us together. "I'm very happy that my friend Mai could be so brave, authentic and emotionally naked in her book Worlds Apart. Her story is fascinating, heart-wrenching, astounding - and ultimately inspiring. Born on a muddy river-bank in Vietnam, Mai at times feels emotionally bankrupt and heartbroken - but there are also many uplifting moments of insight, forgiveness, and even euphoria." John Templeton Director of Admissions (retired) Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs "In this quite startling account, Mai Kim Le reveals her most vulnerable self as she strives to transcend unspoken traumas that still haunt her - and she discovers her true self in the process. Worlds Apart will help us to comprehend what our ever-evolving American society is really all about." Loan Dao, PhD Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies Saint Mary's College of CA "Worlds Apart is a moving memoir that grapples with racism, immigration, poverty, movement up the economic ladder, friendship, family, and mental health. By exploring challenging issues, Mai Le renders the invisible visible." Shelly Tenenbaum Professor of Sociology Clark University

Two Worlds Apart

Author: Gail Rose Thompson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781977218728
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 498

Book Description
Zarah Kadjar, a pampered Persian girl, is sent to the United States for her High School education and becomes enamored with life in America. When circumstances make it necessary for her to return home, her life changes in ways she never imagined possible. Her love of horses leads her down a path to becoming one of the most influential women in Iran.