Reckoning with homelessness / Kim Hopper.

Author/creator Hopper, Kim
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2003.
Descriptionx, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesAnthropology of contemporary issues
Anthropology of contemporary issues. ^A476344
Contents This business of taking stock -- Unearned keep : from almshouse to shelter in New York City -- Streets, shelters, and flops : an ethnographic study of homeless men, 1979-1982 -- The airport as home -- Out for the count : the census bureau's 1990 S-night enumeration -- Homelessness and African American men -- Negotiating settlement : advocacy for the homeless poor in the United States, 1980-1995 -- Limits to witnessing : from ethnography to engagement.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 241-268) and index.
LCCN 2002011089
ISBN0801440688 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0801488346 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HV4505 .H665 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold