Hobo jungle : a homeless community in paradise /
For many decades and for many reasons, people who are homeless have chosen to live in camps or other makeshift settings, even when shelters are available. Is this an act of resistance? Of self-preservation? Or are they simply too addicted, too mentally ill or too criminal to adapt to the rules and r...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boulder, Colorado :
Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.,
[2020]
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| Summary: | For many decades and for many reasons, people who are homeless have chosen to live in camps or other makeshift settings, even when shelters are available. Is this an act of resistance? Of self-preservation? Or are they simply too addicted, too mentally ill or too criminal to adapt to the rules and regulations of shelter life? To address these questions, Michele Wakin explores the evolution of unsheltered homelessness through an evocative portrait of a jungle encampment that has endured since the Great Depression in one of the most opulent cities on California's south coast. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781626378711 1626378711 9781626378728 162637872X |