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Homelessness in America.
Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, 1996
(OCoLC)604936733
Online version:
Homelessness in America.
Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, 1996
(OCoLC)609305809
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jim Baumohl; National Coalition for the Homeless (U.S.)
ISBN: 0897748697 9780897748698
OCLC Number: 35017834
Description: xxvii, 291 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents: Redefining the cursed word : a historical interpretation of American homelessness / Kim Hopper & Jim Baumohl --
Homelessness : definitions and counts / Martha R. Burt --
The causes of homelessness / Paul Koegel, M. Audrey Burnam & Jim Baumohl --
Housing policy : a general consideration / Cushing N. Dolbeare --
Why the road off the street is not paved with jobs / Bristow Hardin --
Income maintenance : little help now, less on the way / Mark H. Greenberg & Jim Baumohl --
Rural homelessness : a synopsis / Laudan Y. Aron & Janet M. Fitchen --
Material survival strategies on the street : homeless people as bricoleurs / Davis A. Snow ... [et al.] --
Homeless veterans / Robert Rosenheck [et al.] --
Homeless families are different / Marybeth Shinn & Beth C. Weitzman --
Homelessness among African Americans : a historical and contemporary perspective / Kim Hopper & Norweeta G. Milburn --
Homelessness and the Latino paradox / Susan González Baker --
Public attitudes and beliefs about homeless people / Bruce G. Link [et al.] --
Municipal regulations of the homeless in public spaces / Harry Simon --
The federal response : the Stewart B. McKinney homeless assistance act / Maria Foscarinis --
Responses by the states to homelessness / Vicki Watson --
Responding to the needs of homeless people with alcohol, drug, and/or mental disorders / Deirdre Oakley & Deborah L. Dennis --
Preventing homelessness / Eric N. Lindblom --
Dilemmas of local antihomelessness movements / Rob Rosenthal --
Appendix : Information clearinghouses, national organizations, and state organizations.
Responsibility: edited by Jim Baumohl for the National Coalition for the Homeless.

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