At home on the street : people, poverty, and a hidden culture of homelessness

Publication Data

• Title At home on the street : people, poverty, and a hidden culture of homelessness
• Author Jason Adam Wasserman
• Contributor Jeffrey M. Clair
• Publisher Lynne Rienner Publishers
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location Boulder, Colo.
• Language English

Contents

Introduction: homelessness in the United States
Accessing a hidden population
Describing those who are homeless
Causes of homelessness
Urban space and relations on the street
The complex dispositions of those on the street
Street identities and creative resistance
Business, politics, and the moving ghetto
Homeless services: healing the sick
Religious approaches: saving souls
Conclusion: improving research, improving policy.

Topics

• Homelessness :: United States
• 015512386

At home on the street : people, poverty, and a hidden culture of homelessness by Jason Adam Wasserman. ISBN 9781588267016. Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.