Homeless : : Poverty and Place in Urban America / / Ella Howard.
The homeless have the legal right to exist in modern American cities, yet antihomeless ordinances deny them access to many public spaces. How did previous generations of urban dwellers deal with the tensions between the rights of the homeless and those of other city residents? Ella Howard answers th...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Politics and Culture in Modern America
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 21 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- 1. The Challenge of the Depression
- 2. A New Deal for the Homeless
- 3. Skid Row in an Era of Plenty
- 4. Urban Renewal and the Challenge of Homelessness
- 5. Operation Bowery and Social Scientific Inquiry
- 6. The End of the Skid-Row Era
- Conclusion: Whither the Homeless
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments