Down on Their Luck: A Study of Homeless Street People

Down on Their Luck: A Study of Homeless Street People (Poetics; 24)

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.
Country USA
Brand University of California Press
Manufacturer University of California Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 3 b&w photographs, 22 tables
ReleaseDate 1993-02-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780520079892

Country	USA
Brand	University of California Press
Manufacturer	University of California Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	3 b&w photographs, 22 tables
ReleaseDate	1993-02-12
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780520079892

Down on Their Luck: A Study of Homeless Street People (Poetics; 24)