Homelessness handbook
David Levinson and Marcy Ross, editors
- Resource Type:
- Book (Print/Paper)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Publication:
- Great Barrington, Mass. : Berkshire Publishing Group, [2007]
- Copyright:
- ©2007
Availability
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- Table of Contents:
- The faces of homelessness
- Homelessness in the past
- Vagrancy
- Workhouses
- Poorhouses
- Hobo and tramp literature
- Great Depression
- Skid Row era
- Our homeless neighbors
- The homeless, who are they and how many?
- Patterns of homelessness
- Homelessness in rural America
- Homelessness in suburbia
- The homelessness we don't see
- Homeless women
- Homeless families
- Homeless youth
- Homeless African-Americans
- Homeless Latino(a)s
- Homeless older persons
- Homeless veterans
- Lifestyles and life issues
- Course of homelessness
- Living on the margins
- Survival strategies
- Moving around and about
- Panhandling
- Work on the streets
- Prostitution
- Street newspapers
- Impact of homelessness on children
- Parenting issues
- Trauma and victimization
- Health problems
- Hunger and nutrition
- Alcohol and drugs
- How others see the homeless
- Media portrayals of the homeless
- Homelessness in documentary film
- Homelessness in narrative film
- Photographing the homeless
- Explaining homelessness
- Causes of homelessness
- Deindustrialization
- Deinstitutionalization
- Gentrification
- The affordable housing crisis
- Stressful life events
- Preventing and alleviating homelessness
- Prevention approaches
- Housing issues and solutions
- Homeless organizing
- Issues for libraries in serving the homeless
- Criminal activity and policing
- Homelessness in U.S. cities
- Dallas
- Los Angeles
- Minneapolis and St. Paul
- New York City
- Philadelphia
- St. Louis
- Washington, D.C.
- Homelessness around the world
- International perspectives on homelessness
- Housing and homelessness in developing nations
- Bangladesh
- Calcutta
- Canada
- France
- Japan
- Mumbai
- Russia
- United Kingdom
- Zimbabwe
- Glossary
- Organizations.
- Contributors:
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
- Subjects:
- General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 465 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Call Numbers:
- HV4493 .H68 2007
- ISBNs:
- 9781933782034 (alk. paper)
193378203X (alk. paper) - Library of Congress Control Numbers:
- 2006101318
- OCLC Numbers:
- 77116854
