Toward a social geography of the city: race and dimensions of urban poverty in women's lives.

In an analysis that is intended to contribute to the social geography of the city, the writer studies the feminization of poverty. She analyzes data that were drawn from a snowball sample of approximately 100 African- and Anglo-American women in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1989. She highlights the...

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Published in:	Journal of Urban Affairs Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 335 - 362
Main Author:	Peake, Linda J.
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell 1997
Subjects:	Women heads of households Black women Economic conditions of women United States
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost