MARC details
000 -LEADER |
fixed length control field |
03134cam a2200325 a 4500 |
001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
control field |
ocm36446930 |
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
control field |
OCoLC |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
control field |
20150422171126.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
fixed length control field |
970220s1997 nyu b 001 0 eng |
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
LC control number |
97009104 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
0684819147 |
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International Standard Book Number |
9780684819143 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
Language of cataloging |
eng |
Transcribing agency |
DLC |
Modifying agency |
OCLCQ |
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BTCTA |
-- |
YDXCP |
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BAKER |
-- |
REDDC |
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OCLCO |
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EEK |
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
Geographic area code |
n-us--- |
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
HV91 |
Item number |
.Z85 1997 |
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
305.42/086/9420973 |
Edition number |
21 |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Zucchino, David. |
9 (RLIN) |
12040 |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Myth of the welfare queen : |
Remainder of title |
a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist's portrait of women on the line / |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Scribner, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c1997. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
366 p. ; |
Dimensions |
24 cm. |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-354) and index. |
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Trash picking -- Quaker lace -- Check day -- An historic square mile -- Scratching matches -- Don't stand here -- Fried perch on white bread -- In the house of the Lord -- Riding with the devil -- A teenaged prostitute -- A necessary butt whipping -- Skinny Joey -- A home for the holidays -- Money Williams -- Survivors. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
In this extraordinary first book by a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, author David Zucchino sets out to sift through the stereotypes, politics, and pure misinformation about families on welfare. A reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Zucchino gives us an intimate look at Odessa Williams and Cheri Honkala, two "welfare mothers" from Philadelphia, a city with a disproportionately large number of welfare recipients. He spends the better part of a year with these women, watching as Odessa constructs livable surroundings for herself and her extended family by scavenging and trash picking. Though her character, spirit, and resolve are constantly tested by family crises, she remains the strong and inspiring center of her large - and largely dependent - family. Zucchino also grows to admire Cheri, a single mother of one son, and a tireless advocate for the rights of the homeless. He watches as she helps one family after another pick up and keep on going. With utter dedication and zeal, and with remarkably little concern for material gains of her own, Cheri battles an inflexible city bureaucracy that in her view makes the already difficult lives of the city's poor nearly impossible. In this groundbreaking and beautifully written book, Zucchino balances his reporter's objectivity with profound compassion. In seeking to answer the question "What do welfare mothers do all day?" he uncovers no easy answers but is able to say definitively: "If there were any Cadillac-driving, champagne-sipping, penthouse-living, welfare queens in Philadelphia, I didn't find them." |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Welfare recipients |
Geographic subdivision |
United States |
General subdivision |
Social conditions. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Welfare recipients |
Geographic subdivision |
United States |
General subdivision |
Economic conditions. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Women |
Geographic subdivision |
United States |
General subdivision |
Social conditions. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Women |
Geographic subdivision |
United States |
General subdivision |
Economic conditions. |
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
Display text |
Online version: |
Main entry heading |
Zucchino, David. |
Title |
Myth of the welfare queen. |
Place, publisher, and date of publication |
New York : Scribner, c1997 |
Record control number |
(OCoLC)651917487 |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
Koha item type |
NF |