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Shows us the wretched face of homelessness in late twentieth-century America in countless cities across the nation. This title reveals who the homeless are, how they live, and why they have ended up on the streets. It sketches a portrait of men and women who are highly adaptive, resourceful, and pragmatic.

Table of Contents
Preface
PART ONE INTRODUCTION
1. Studying the Homeless
2. A Grounded Typology of Homeless Street
People
PART TWO LIFE ON THE STREETS: DAILY
ROUTINES AND SURVIVAL STRATEGIES
3. The Subculture of Street Life
4. Wage Labor and Institutionalized Assistance
5. Shadow Work
6. Tenuous Ties
7. Salvaging the Self
PART THREE DYNAMICS OF HOMELESSNESS
8. Pathways to the Street
9. Homeless Careers
Epilogue
Notes
References
Index

Down on Their Luck A Study of Homeless Street

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/02/1993
      ISBN13: 9780520079892, 978-0520079892
      ISBN10: 0520079892

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Shows us the wretched face of homelessness in late twentieth-century America in countless cities across the nation. This title reveals who the homeless are, how they live, and why they have ended up on the streets. It sketches a portrait of men and women who are highly adaptive, resourceful, and pragmatic.

      Table of Contents
      Preface
      PART ONE INTRODUCTION
      1. Studying the Homeless
      2. A Grounded Typology of Homeless Street
      People
      PART TWO LIFE ON THE STREETS: DAILY
      ROUTINES AND SURVIVAL STRATEGIES
      3. The Subculture of Street Life
      4. Wage Labor and Institutionalized Assistance
      5. Shadow Work
      6. Tenuous Ties
      7. Salvaging the Self
      PART THREE DYNAMICS OF HOMELESSNESS
      8. Pathways to the Street
      9. Homeless Careers
      Epilogue
      Notes
      References
      Index

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