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Down on Their Luck: A Study of Homeless Street People - Couverture souple

Snow, David A. A.; Anderson, Leon

 
9780520079892: Down on Their Luck: A Study of Homeless Street People
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0520079892 ISBN 13 : 9780520079892
Editeur : University of California Press, 1993

Synopsis

David Snow and Leon Anderson show us the wretched face of homelessness in late twentieth-century America in countless cities across the nation. Through hundreds of hours of interviews, participant observation, and random tracking of homeless people through social service agencies in Austin, Texas. Snow and Anderson reveal who the homeless are, how they live, and why they have ended up on the streets. Debunking current stereotypes of the homeless. Down on Their Luck sketches a portrait of men and women who are highly adaptive, resourceful, and pragmatic. Their survival is a tale of human resilience and determination, not one of frailty and disability.

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Éditeur
University of California Press
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0520079892
ISBN 13 
9780520079892
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
408
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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