{"product_id":"braving-the-street-the-anthropology-of-homelessness-9781571810977","title":"Braving the Street: The Anthropology of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAs homelessness continues to plague North America and also becomes more widespread in Europe, anthropologists turn their attention to solving the puzzle of why people in some of the most advanced technological societies in the world are found huddled in a subway tunnel, squatting in a vacant building, living in a shelter, or camping out in an abandoned field or on a beach. Anthropologists have a long tradition of working in poverty subcultures and have been able to contribute answers to some of the puzzles of homelessness through their ability to enter the culture of the homeless without some of the preconceptions of other disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tThe authors, anthropologists from the U.S.A. and Canada, offer us an analysis of homelessness that is grounded in anthropological research in North America and throughout the world. Both have in-depth experience through working in communities of the homeless and present us withthe results of their own work and with that of their colleagues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“This slim, useful book ... is suitable for students ... The fairly tight North American focus allows for great accuracy and detail, and the Canadian material is especially interesting, because Canadian social policy is less well known than that of the United States, and seems far more progressive on homelessness.” \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"[The authors] present key themes from the available literature in a way that affords policy makers and other practitioners access to what it is that anthropology has to offer in thinking about and responding to homelessness on a day-to-day, ground level. In this endeavor, [the book] is supremely successful.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · American Anthropologist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Tables and Figures, Photos and Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eAn Introduction to Homelessness and Anthropological Perspectives\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003ePatterns of Homelessness\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Explaining Homelessness\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eSurviving the Streets\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003ePathways Out of Homelessness\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Concluding Thoughts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041409106263,"sku":"9781571810977","price":22.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571810977.jpg?v=1750950152","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/braving-the-street-the-anthropology-of-homelessness-9781571810977","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}