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BL
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582623
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b411842
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| Main Entry
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Shumsky, Neil L.,1944-
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| Title & Author
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Homelessness : : a documentary and reference guide /\ Neil Larry Shumsky
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| Series Statement
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Documentary and reference guides
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xxix, 389 pages :: illustrations ;; 29 cm
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| ISBN
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9780313377006 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0313377006 (cloth : alk. paper)
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9780313377013 (ebook)
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0313377014 (ebook)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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pt. I. Words and numbers : Words ; Numbers -- pt. II. Hoboes, tramps, and bums, 1790-1930 : Ben Reitman defines hobo, tramp, and bum ; Jack London explains "the rods" ; Train jumping ; A migrant farm worker ; The extent of the problem, 1890-1925 ; Country lodgings ; The stem, or main stem ; The hobo jungle ; "Tramp-speak" and the hobo subculture ; Hobo songs ; Hobo politics ; The hobo college ; Hobohemia disappears -- pt. III. Migrants and transients, 1930-1960 : On the farm ; In the city ; Bonus army ; FERA and FTP ; Bum brigade ; Squatters ; Weedpatch camp ; Hooverville ; Picking grapes in Lodi ; Arts and culture ; Liquidating the Federal Transient Program -- pt. IV. Street people, bag ladies, and homeless people : Defining homelessness and counting homeless people : Charles Dickens coins the word ; Congress defines homeless ; Mitch Snyder claims "millions" ; HUD disagrees sharply ; Making sense of the conflict ; The number of homeless -- Who are the homeless? : An overview of the homeless population today ; Special populations of homeless people ; Homeless children and their families ; Homeless veterans ; Homeless people in rural areas ; Homeless people of color ; Homeless Latinos and a different perspective -- Contending with homelessness : Staying alive: homeless people cope ; Housing for the homeless ; Criminalizing the homeless ; Washington takes the lead
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| Abstract
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This book presents an unflinching investigation of homelessness in the United States--a problem that has been with us since the arrival of the first English settlers nearly 400 years ago. --from publisher description
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| Subject
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Homelessness-- United States-- History, Sources
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Homelessness-- United States-- History
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| Dewey Classification
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362.5/920973
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| LC Classification
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HV4504.S58 2012
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