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" Homelessness handbook / "
David Levinson and Marcy Ross, editors
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BL
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691387
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b513576
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| Title & Author
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Homelessness handbook /\ David Levinson and Marcy Ross, editors
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed
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| Publication Statement
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Great Barrington, Mass. :: Berkshire Publishing Group,, c2007
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xii, 465 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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193378203X
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: 9781933782034
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| Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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The faces of homelessness -- Homelessness in the past -- Vagrancy -- Workhouses -- Poorhouses -- Hobo and tramp literature -- Great Depression -- Skid Row era -- Our homeless neighbors -- The homeless, who are they and how many? -- Patterns of homelessness -- Homelessness in rural America -- Homelessness in suburbia -- The homelessness we don't see -- Homeless women -- Homeless families -- Homeless youth -- Homeless African-Americans -- Homeless Latino(a)s -- Homeless older persons -- Homeless veterans -- Lifestyles and life issues -- Course of homelessness -- Living on the margins -- Survival strategies -- Moving around and about -- Panhandling -- Work on the streets -- Prostitution -- Street newspapers -- Impact of homelessness on children -- Parenting issues -- Trauma and victimization -- Health problems --Hunger and nutrition -- Alcohol and drugs -- How others see the homeless -- Media portrayals of the homeless -- Homelessness in documentary film -- Homelessness in narrative film -- Photographing the homeless -- Explaining homelessness -- Causes of homelessness -- Deindustrialization -- Deinstitutionalization -- Gentrification -- The affordable housing crisis -- Stressful life events -- Preventing and alleviating homelessness -- Prevention approaches -- Housing issues and solutions -- Homeless organizing -- Issues for libraries in serving the homeless -- Criminal activity and policing -- Homelessness in U.S. cities -- Dallas -- Los Angeles -- Minneapolis and St. Paul -- New York City -- Philadelphia -- St. Louis -- Washington, D.C. -- Homelessness around the world -- International perspectives on homelessness -- Housing and homelessness in developing nations -- Bangladesh -- Calcutta -- Canada -- France -- Japan -- Mumbai -- Russia -- United Kingdom -- Zimbabwe -- Glossary -- Organizations
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Homeless persons
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Homelessness
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HV4493.H68 2007
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Levinson, David,1947-
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Ross, Marcy
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