Beschreibung:
"It must be some kind of experiment or something, to see how long people can live without food, without shelter, without security."-homeless woman, Grand Central Station, winter
Part I: Classification and History1. This Business of Taking Stock2. Unearned Keep: From Almshouse to Shelter in New York CityPart II: Fieldwork and FrameworkIntroduction: Ethnography in the Annals of Homelessness3. Streets, Shelters, and Flops: An Ethnographic Study of Homeless Men, 1979-19824. The Airport as Home5. Out for the Count: The Census Bureau's 1990 S-Night Enumeration6: Homelessness and African American MenPart III: Advocacy and Engagement7. Negotiating Settlement: Advocacy for the Homeless Poor in the United States, 1980-19958. Limits to Witnessing: From Ethnography to EngagementNotesReferencesIndex