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Hobos, Hustlers, and Backsliders: Homeless in San Francisco

 
Hobos, Hustlers, and Backsliders: Homeless in San Francisco

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When homelessness reemerged in American cities during the 1980s at levels not seen since the Great Depression, it initially provoked shock and outrage. Within a few years, however, what had been perceived as a national crisis came to be seen as a nuisance, with early sympathies for the plight of the homeless giving way to compassion fatigue and then condemnation. Debates around the problem of homelessnessoften set in terms of sin, sickness, and the failure of the social systemhave come to profoundly shape how homeless people survive and make sense of their plights. In Hobos, Hustlers, and Backsliders, Teresa Gowan vividly depicts the lives of homeless men in San Francisco and analyzes the influence of the homelessness industry on the streets, in the shelters, and on public policy.

Product details

EAN/ISBN:
9780816669677
Medium:
Paperback
Number of pages:
368
Publication date:
2010-07-28
Publisher:
University of Minnesota Press
Manufacturer:
Unknown
EAN/ISBN:
9780816669677
Medium:
Paperback
Number of pages:
368
Publication date:
2010-07-28
Publisher:
University of Minnesota Press
Manufacturer:
Unknown

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