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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Kozol, Jonathan. Rachel and her children. New York : Crown Publishers, 1988 (OCoLC)568755461 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jonathan Kozol |
| ISBN: | 051756730X 9780517567302 |
| OCLC Number: | 16527303 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | ix, 261 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Ordinary people -- Overview : a captive state -- pt. 1. Christmas at the Martinique Hotel -- 1. A mood or resignation -- 2. Grieving for a lost home -- 3. Three generations -- 4. Rachel and her children -- 5. The big street -- pt. 2. Failure to thrive -- 1. Concealment -- 2. Stereotypes -- 3. The penalties of failure -- 4. The road to Potter's Field -- 5. Distancing ourselves from pain and tears -- 6. About prayer -- pt. 3. The natural results -- 1. Seasonal concerns -- 2. The long march -- 3. Untouchables -- 4. One childhood : no second chance -- Epilogue : economies of scale. |
| Responsibility: | Jonathan Kozol. |
Abstract:
Tells the stories of homeless Americans and their struggle for survival. Examines the lack of affordable housing, the conditions of "temporary" housing funded by city governments, and the crimes that men, women, and children resort to in order to eat or survive.
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