Down on their luck : a study of homeless street people / David A. Snow and Leon Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snow, David A.

Contributor:

Anderson, Leon, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homeless persons--United States.

Homeless persons.

Homelessness--United States.

Homelessness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 391 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

PART ONE INTRODUCTION

PART TWO LIFE ON THE STREETS: DAILY ROUTINES AND SURVIVAL STRATEGIES

PART THREE DYNAMICS OF HOMELESSNESS

Epilogue

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-380) and index.

ISBN:

0-520-91301-9

0-585-10824-2

OCLC:

1414456446