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Title:

Homelessness in America / edited by Jim Baumohl for the National Coalition for the Homeless.

Publisher:

Oryx Press,

Copyright Date:

1996

Description:

xxvii, 291 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Homelessness--United States.
Homelessness--Government policy--United States.

Other Authors:

Baumohl, Jim.
National Coalition for the Homeless (U.S.)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-278) and index.

Contents:

Redefining the cursed word : a historical interpretation of American homelessness / Kim Hopper & Jim Baumohl -- Homelessness : definitions and counts / Martha R. Burt -- The causes of homelessness / Paul Koegel, M. Audrey Burnam & Jim Baumohl -- Housing policy : a general consideration / Cushing N. Dolbeare -- Why the road off the street is not paved with jobs / Bristow Hardin -- Income maintenance : little help now, less on the way / Mark H. Greenberg & Jim Baumohl -- Rural homelessness : a synopsis / Laudan Y. Aron & Janet M. Fitchen -- Material survival strategies on the street : homeless people as bricoleurs / Davis A. Snow [et al.] -- Homeless veterans / Robert Rosenheck [et al.] -- Homeless families are different / Marybeth Shinn & Beth C. Weitzman -- Homelessness among African Americans : a historical and contemporary perspective / Kim Hopper & Norweeta G. Milburn -- Homelessness and the Latino paradox / Susan González Baker -- Public attitudes and beliefs about homeless people / Bruce G. Link [et al.] -- Municipal regulations of the homeless in public spaces / Harry Simon -- The federal response : the Stewart B. McKinney homeless assistance act / Maria Foscarinis -- Responses by the states to homelessness / Vicki Watson -- Responding to the needs of homeless people with alcohol, drug, and/or mental disorders / Deirdre Oakley & Deborah L. Dennis -- Preventing homelessness / Eric N. Lindblom -- Dilemmas of local antihomelessness movements / Rob Rosenthal -- Appendix : Information clearinghouses, national organizations, and state organizations.

ISBN:

9780897748698 (cloth : alk. paper)
0897748697 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)35017834

LCCN:

96030244

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll) — 362.5/8/0973

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OLAX314 -- Reu Memorial Library (Dubuque)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque) — HV4505.H652 1996

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)