A Roof Over My Head, Second Edition : Homeless Women and the Shelter Industry /

"Based upon extensive ethnographic data that examines lives of homeless women who care for children and live in small shelters and transitional living centers. This ground-breaking study unveils the centrality of abuse and poverty in homeless women's lives and outlines societal responses t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Williams, Jean Calterone, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, 2016.
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women's shelters.
Victims of family violence.
Single mothers > Services for.
Homelessness.
Homeless women > Services for.
Victimes de violence familiale > États-Unis.
Itinerance > États-Unis.
Maisons d'hebergement pour femmes > États-Unis.
Meres de famille monoparentale > Services > États-Unis.
Femmes sans-abri > Services > États-Unis.
Victims of family violence > United States.
Homelessness > United States.
Women's shelters > United States.
Single mothers > Services for > United States.
Homeless women > Services for > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Based upon extensive ethnographic data that examines lives of homeless women who care for children and live in small shelters and transitional living centers. This ground-breaking study unveils the centrality of abuse and poverty in homeless women's lives and outlines societal responses that should be more effective"--Provided by publisher.
Notas:Title from PDF title page (viewed 18 November 2016).
Descripción Física:1 online resource (352 pages).
ISBN:9781607326151

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