Bibliograph

Tightrope, Americans reaching for hope, Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Type

Label

Tightrope, Americans reaching for hope, Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tightrope

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1091236838

Responsibility statement

Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Sub title

Americans reaching for hope

Table Of Contents

The kids on the number 6 school bus -- "We're no. 61!" -- When jobs disappear -- American aristocracy -- How America went astray -- Drug dealers in lab coats -- Losing the war on drugs -- Up by the bootstraps -- Deaths of despair -- Interventions that work -- Universal health care: one day, one town -- Homeless in a rich nation -- The escape artists -- A shot in the face -- God save the family -- The marriage of true minds -- We eat our young -- Raising troubled kids -- Creating more escape artists -- America regained -- Appendix: Ten steps you can take in the next ten minutes to make a difference

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