Invisible Nation : Homeless Families in America / Richard Schweid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schweid, Richard, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homelessness--United States--Case studies.

Homelessness.

Poverty--United States--Case studies.

Poverty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

";By the second or third day that you're homeless, in the car with all your clothes, your pots and pans, everything, having to wash yourself in a public rest room, you logically start to feel dirty. You prefer to use the drive-through [at fast-food restaurants] where no one will see you. You begin to hide your family.";-Invisible Nation More than 2.5 million children are homeless in the United States every year. In every state, children are living packed in with relatives, or in cars, or motel rooms, or emergency shelters, the only constant being too many people in too little space. In a vividly-written narrative, experienced journalist Richard Schweid takes us on a spirited journey through this ";invisible nation,"; giving us front-row dispatches. Based on in-depth reporting from five major cities, Invisible Nation looks backward at the historical context of family homelessness, as well as forward at what needs to be done to alleviate this widespread, although often hidden, poverty. Invisible Nation is a riveting must-read for anyone who wants to know what is happening to the millions of families living at the bottom of the economy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction: The Family Room

1. Nashville, Tennessee: Off the Charts in Music City

2. Boston, Massachusetts: Falling by the Wayside

3. Fairfax, Virginia: Beltway Blues

4. Portland, Oregon: The Modern Almshouse

5. Trenton, New Jersey: Rapid Rehousing

Conclusion: Turning It Around

Notes

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520966093

0520966090

OCLC:

957525264