عنوان

Homelessness :

شابک

0313377006 (cloth : alk. paper)

شابک

9780313377006 (cloth : alk. paper)

شابک اشتباه

0313377014 (ebook)

شابک اشتباه

9780313377013 (ebook)

شماره

b411842

عنوان اصلي

Homelessness :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

a documentary and reference guide /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Neil Larry Shumsky

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xxix, 389 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

29 cm

عنوان فروست

Documentary and reference guides

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index

متن يادداشت

pt. I. Words and numbers : Words ; Numbers -- pt. II. Hoboes, tramps, and bums, 1790-1930 : Ben Reitman defines hobo, tramp, and bum ; Jack London explains "the rods" ; Train jumping ; A migrant farm worker ; The extent of the problem, 1890-1925 ; Country lodgings ; The stem, or main stem ; The hobo jungle ; "Tramp-speak" and the hobo subculture ; Hobo songs ; Hobo politics ; The hobo college ; Hobohemia disappears -- pt. III. Migrants and transients, 1930-1960 : On the farm ; In the city ; Bonus army ; FERA and FTP ; Bum brigade ; Squatters ; Weedpatch camp ; Hooverville ; Picking grapes in Lodi ; Arts and culture ; Liquidating the Federal Transient Program -- pt. IV. Street people, bag ladies, and homeless people : Defining homelessness and counting homeless people : Charles Dickens coins the word ; Congress defines homeless ; Mitch Snyder claims "millions" ; HUD disagrees sharply ; Making sense of the conflict ; The number of homeless -- Who are the homeless? : An overview of the homeless population today ; Special populations of homeless people ; Homeless children and their families ; Homeless veterans ; Homeless people in rural areas ; Homeless people of color ; Homeless Latinos and a different perspective -- Contending with homelessness : Staying alive: homeless people cope ; Housing for the homeless ; Criminalizing the homeless ; Washington takes the lead

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

This book presents an unflinching investigation of homelessness in the United States--a problem that has been with us since the arrival of the first English settlers nearly 400 years ago. --from publisher description

موضوع مستند نشده

Homelessness-- United States-- History

موضوع مستند نشده

Homelessness-- United States-- History, Sources

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Shumsky, Neil L.,1944-

تاريخ عمليات

20141128184557.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y