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The most accurate and comprehensive picture of homelessness to date, this study offers a powerful explanation of its causes, proposes short- and long-term solutions, and documents the striking contrasts between the homeless of the 1950s and 1960s and the contemporary homeless population, which is younger and contains more women, children, and blacks.

Down and Out in America

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A Paperback / softback by Peter H. Rossi

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 26/02/1991
    ISBN13: 9780226728292, 978-0226728292
    ISBN10: 0226728293
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    Housing and homelessness

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    Book Synopsis
    The most accurate and comprehensive picture of homelessness to date, this study offers a powerful explanation of its causes, proposes short- and long-term solutions, and documents the striking contrasts between the homeless of the 1950s and 1960s and the contemporary homeless population, which is younger and contains more women, children, and blacks.

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