Down on Their Luck A Study of Homeless Street People

Name: Down on Their Luck A Study of Homeless Street People
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ISBN: 9780520079892

ISBN-10: 0520079892

ISBN-13: 9780520079892

Edition: 1993

Authors: David A. Snow, Leon Anderson

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David Snow and Leon Anderson show us the wretched face of homelessness in late twentieth-century America in countless cities across the nation. Through hundreds of hours of interviews, participant observation, and random tracking of homeless people through social service agencies in Austin, Texas. Snow and Anderson reveal who the homeless are, how they live, and why they have ended up on the streets. Debunking current stereotypes of the homeless. "Down on Their Luck" sketches a portrait of men and women who are highly adaptive, resourceful, and pragmatic. Their survival is a tale of human resilience and determination, not one of frailty and disability.

Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 2/12/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 406
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Preface



Introduction



Studying the Homeless



A Grounded Typology of Homeless Street People



Life on the Streets: Daily Routines and Survival Strategies



The Subculture of Street Life



Wage Labor and Institutionalized Assistance



Shadow Work



Tenuous Ties



Salvaging the Self



Dynamics of Homelessness



Pathways to the Street



Homeless Careers


Epilogue


Notes


References


Index