D#5, HW#4, Annotated Bibliography

Iceland, John. _Poverty in America: A Handbook._ University of California Press, 2006.

This book was found using Ebrary. This book covers the early views on poverty, how to measure poverty and the characteristics of it, and the causes and why it is still high. It does not, however, cover solutions to aid poverty. Or at least that I have read so far. This source will be good when writing about what causes poverty and why it's an issue today.

Weber, Bruce: Editor. _Rural Dimensions of Welfare Reform: Welfare, Food Assistance, and Poverty in Rural America_. W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2002.

This book was found using Ebrary. It was written by several different authors at the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. It is basically tells about studies that they performed and the results of those studies. I probably will not use this book as a reference in my paper. All the studies are close to my topic, but none of them are exactly pertain to what I am writing about.

Midgley, James, Michelle Livermore. _Poverty: A persistent Global Reality._ Routledge, 1998

This book was found using Ebrary. This book covers poverty in several different countries, including the United States. Although there is only one chapter about the US, the authors cover exactly what I am looking for. They talk about how America supposed to be a wonderful, great country, but underneath all the wealthy people is a nation suffering from extreme poverty issues. This book will be a great resource.