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Poverty in the United Kingdom : A Survey of Household Resources and Standards of Living
by Townsend, Peter
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine in mylar cover.
- ISBN 10
- 0520038711
- ISBN 13
- 9780520038714
- Seller
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CARLSBAD , California, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.: University of California Press, 1979. Hardcover in dustjacket. First edition. Green cloth covered boards with spine stamped in gilt. Black dustjacket boldly printed in red, orange and blue. Bright color, no chips or tears, the only flaw being a short scratch. Thick octavo, 1,216 pages. 18 text figures, appendices, list of references and index. Clean and tight with crisp text, no name or other markings, appears unread. Fine in a fine dustjacket with a protective mylar cover. "This momentous work will rank as the contemporary successor to the classic works of Booth and Rowntree: its case histories alone should put paid to those who still assert that there is no longer poverty in Britain"--Barbara Wooton [International orders will require extra shipping]. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine in mylar cover..
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- Bookseller
- RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10371
- Title
- Poverty in the United Kingdom : A Survey of Household Resources and Standards of Living
- Author
- Townsend, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine in mylar cover.
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0520038711
- ISBN 13
- 9780520038714
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- GREAT BRITAIN ECONOMIC CONDITIONS 20TH CENTURY SOCIAL BUSINESS ECONOMICS SCIENCE SOCIOLOGY GENERAL
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