American Homelessness: A Reference Handbook (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781576072479)

With 50 percent new material, this third edition breaks this complex topic into key elements, examining the roots of the problem, programs that address it, current research, and public perceptions of homelessness.

American Homelessness covers who the homeless are and why they are in such a situation; important events that have contributed to the problem; and a who's who of homelessness activism including people such as MacArthur Fellow Robert M. Hayes, the former securities lawyer who filed the landmark New York City right-to-shelter case in l979. It also includes a chronology; facts and statistics; key documents and reports; a discussion of the International Bill of Rights; a directory of organizations, associations, and government agencies; and an annotated bibliography.

Author: Mary Ellen Hombs
ISBN-10: 1576072479
ISBN-13: 9781576072479
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 07/23/2001
Pages: 314
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.36w x 0.86d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 07/01/2001 pg. 78
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2002 pg. 377
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2001 pg. 143
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2002 pg. 315