Poor People
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| Originally published | February 2007 |
| Authors | William T. Vollmann |
| Genres | Non-fiction |
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| ID | 2428916 |
About Poor People
That was the simple yet groundbreaking question William T. Vollmann asked in cities and villages around the globe. The result of Vollmann's fearless inquiry is a view of poverty unlike any previously offered. . . .
Nagorno-Karabakh: Ethnic Armenians leave amid cleansing fear
... " The fate of our Poor People will go down in history as a disgrace and a shame for the Armenian people and for the whole civilised world...
Tamil Nadu: The Indian men who photographed dead bodies
... Only the rich had enough money to commission a portrait, but even Poor People could afford a photograph...
South Africa fire: What are Johannesburg's hijacked buildings?
... Poor People looking for affordable housing moved close to where they worked to avoid high transport costs...
Why Pakistanis are taking the dangerous Libya route to Europe
... " I thought we are Poor People, even if they get educated here they won t find a job and we don t have much land...
Europe weather: How heatwaves could forever change summer holidays abroad
... If you end holidays there, you ll kill the Poor People making money with their bar on the beach, " he says...
Anand Mohan Singh: Indian official's wife distraught as his killer is freed
... He said there are so many Poor People who don t even have warm clothes...
CBI apology is too little too late, says Baroness Morrissey
... Baroness Lane-Fox, president of the British Chambers of Commerce, said: " Who couldn t have massive empathy for the Poor People that are working in the CBI right now? It has been an absolute roller-coaster...
Atiq Ahmed: The brazen murder of an Indian mafia don-turned-politician
... Mr Singh describes him as a sort of " Robin Hood, a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde type of character" who " spent lavishly to help Poor People - paying for weddings, giving them money during Eid festivals, and helping poor women buy school uniforms and books for their children"...
