Minority Report: A Diary of Protest 1970-73Journalistic account of poverty and social problems in the UK - comprises news items from the author's weekly column in the 'observer' from 1970 to 1973 and hence reveals the coverage of such themes by the mass media, and includes a brief section on poverty in developing countries. |
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Poverty | 90 |
The mentally handicapped | 99 |
The lonely homeless | 105 |
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