Hobos, hustlers, and backsliders : homeless in San Francisco /

When homelessness reemerged in American cities during the 1980s at levels not seen since the Great Depression, it initially provoked shock and outrage. Within a few years, however, what had been perceived as a national crisis came to be seen as a nuisance, with early sympathies for the plight of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gowan, Teresa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Homeless persons > California > San Francisco.
Homeless men > California > San Francisco.
Homelessness > California > San Francisco.
Social sciences.
Social Sciences
Sans-abri > Californie > San Francisco.
Hommes sans-abri > Californie > San Francisco.
Itinérance > Californie > San Francisco.
Sciences sociales.
social sciences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
Homeless men
Homeless persons
Homelessness
Social sciences
California > San Francisco
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Backstories
  • Urban ethnography beyond the culture wars
  • Managing homelessness in the United States
  • The street : watch out, San Francisco! Ain't gonna get no peace
  • Moorings : some other kind of life
  • Word on the street : no one loves a loser
  • The new hobos
  • Rabble management : like I need more drugs in my life?
  • The homeless archipelago : a little room for myself
  • The old runaround : class cleansing in San Francisco
  • The road to Nowheresville.

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