Homeless : poverty, policy, and place in the era of Skid Row /

Homeless explores the efforts of private and public institutions to solve the problem of homelessness by tracing the rise and fall of skid rows in America through the lens of New York's Bowery. Crowded onto skid rows, the homeless lived apart from the middle classes, who saw them as an aberrant...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Howard, Ella
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2013.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
1900-1999
Skid row.
Homelessness > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Quartiers malfamés.
Itinérance > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Homelessness.
Bowery (New York, N.Y. : Street)
New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York > Bowery (Street)
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Challenge of the depression
  • A New Deal for the homeless
  • Skid Row in an era of plenty
  • Urban renewal and the challenge of homelessness
  • Operation Bowery and social scientific inquiry
  • The end of the Skid-Row era
  • Conclusion: whither the homeless.

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