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BL
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| Record Number
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583753
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b412972
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| Main Entry
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Bourgois, Philippe I.,1956-
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| Title & Author
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Righteous dopefiend /\ Philippe Bourgois, Jeff Schonberg
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| Publication Statement
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Berkeley :: University of California Press,, c2009
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| Series Statement
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California series in public anthropology ;; 21
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| Page. NO
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359 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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9780520230880 (alk. paper)
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: 0520230884 (alk. paper)
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: 9780520254985 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 0520254988 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-343) and index
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| Abstract
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This study immerses the reader in the world of homelessness and drug addiction in the contemporary United States. The authors followed a social network of heroin injectors and crack smokers on the streets of San Francisco, accompanying them as they scrambled to generate income through burglary, panhandling, recycling and day labour
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Drug addicts-- United States-- Social conditions
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Drug addicts-- United States-- Economic conditions
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Homeless persons-- Drug use-- United States
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Marginality, Social-- United States
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| Dewey Classification
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305.9/0874
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305.9084
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| LC Classification
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HV5825.B677 2009
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HV5825.B677 2009
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| Added Entry
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Schonberg, Jeff,1967-
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