Homelessness: a documentary and reference guide

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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.

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Full title :Homelessness : a documentary and reference guide / Neil Larry Shumsky.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Greenwood
Place of Publication:Santa Barbara, Calif
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

The Physical Object

Description:xxix, 389 pages : : illustrations ; : 29 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780313377006, 0313377006
oclc:ocn729344471
LC Classification:HV4504
Dewey Decimal:362.5/920973

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 Lati…

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History Homelessness Homelessness -- History. -- United Stat… Homelessness -- Sources. -- History -- … Itinérance -- Histoire. -- États-Unis Itinérance -- Sources. -- Histoire -- É… Sources United States