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Checkerboard Square : culture and resistance in a homeless community /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wagner, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder : Westview Press, 1993.
Subjects:
Homeless persons > United States > Case studies.
Homeless persons > Services for > United States > Case studies.
Homeless persons > United States > Attitudes > Case studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Beyond the conventional wisdom on the homeless
  • Voices from Checkerboard Square
  • The family: no haven
  • "Get ajob": the limits of the work ethic
  • Institutions of control: social welfare as contested terrain
  • Alternative institutions and movements among street people
  • Subcultures and patterns of association among street people
  • Checkerboard Square and a radical critique of homelessness.