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Cast out : vagrancy and homelessness in global and historical perspective /
Throughout history, those arrested for vagrancy have generally been poor men and women, often young, able-bodied, unemployed, and homeless. Most histories of vagrancy have focused on the European and American experiences. Cast Out: Vagrancy and Homelessness in Global and Historical Perspective is th...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Athens :
Ohio University Press,
©2008.
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| Series: | Research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ;
no. 8. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Throughout history, those arrested for vagrancy have generally been poor men and women, often young, able-bodied, unemployed, and homeless. Most histories of vagrancy have focused on the European and American experiences. Cast Out: Vagrancy and Homelessness in Global and Historical Perspective is the first book to consider the shared global heritage of vagrancy laws, homelessness, and the historical processes they accompanied. In this ambitious collection, vagrancy and homelessness are used to examine a vast array of phenomena, from the migration of labor to social and gov. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 396 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-382) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0896804607 9780896804609 9780896802629 0896802620 |