Homeless - Poverty and Place in Urban America

Informationen zum Autor Ella Howard teaches urban history and material culture at Armstrong Atlantic State University. Klappentext Ella Howard teaches urban history and material culture at Armstrong Atlantic State University. Zusammenfassung Homeless explores the efforts of private and public institutions to solve the problem of homelessness by tracing the rise and fall of skid rows in America through the lens of New York's Bowery. Crowded onto skid rows! the homeless lived apart from the middle classes! who saw them as an aberrant population. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1. The Challenge of the Depression Chapter 2. A New Deal for the Homeless Chapter 3. Skid Row in an Era of Plenty Chapter 4. Urban Renewal and the Challenge of Homelessness Chapter 5. Operation Bowery and Social Scientific Inquiry Chapter 6. The End of the Skid-Row Era Conclusion. Whither the Homeless Notes Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Ella Howard, HOWARD ELLA
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.02.2013
• EAN: 9780812244724
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4472-4
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Politics and Culture in Modern; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories