Author:
Hopper, Kim.
Imprint:Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2003.
Descriptionx, 271 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Note:This business of taking stock -- Unearned keep : from almshouse to shelter in New York City -- Streets, shelters, and flops : an ethnographic study of homeless men, 1979-1982 -- The airport as home -- Out for the count : the census bureau's 1990 s-night enumeration -- Homelessness and African American men -- Negotiating settlement : advocacy for the homeless poor in the United States, 1980-1995 -- Limits to witnessing : from ethnography to engagement.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-268) and index.
Note:Recommended in Best Books for Academic Libraries
