{"product_id":"down-on-their-luck-a-study-of-homeless-street-people-poetics-24-9780520079892","title":"Down on Their Luck A Study of Homeless Street","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShows 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003e PART ONE INTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e 1. Studying the Homeless \u003cbr\u003e 2. A Grounded Typology of Homeless Street\u003cbr\u003e People \u003cbr\u003e PART TWO LIFE ON THE STREETS: DAILY\u003cbr\u003e ROUTINES AND SURVIVAL STRATEGIES\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Subculture of Street Life \u003cbr\u003e 4. Wage Labor and Institutionalized Assistance \u003cbr\u003e 5. Shadow Work \u003cbr\u003e 6. Tenuous Ties \u003cbr\u003e 7. Salvaging the Self \u003cbr\u003e PART THREE DYNAMICS OF HOMELESSNESS\u003cbr\u003e 8. Pathways to the Street \u003cbr\u003e 9. Homeless Careers \u003cbr\u003e Epilogue \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e References \u003cbr\u003e Index ","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402796900695,"sku":"9780520079892","price":27.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/down-on-their-luck-a-study-of-homeless-street-people-poetics-24-9780520079892","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}