{"product_id":"homelessness-neil-larry-shumsky-9780313377006","title":"Homelessness: A Documentary and Reference Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book presents an unflinching investigation of homelessness in the United States--a problem that has been with us since the arrival of the first English settlers nearly 400 years ago.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe terms historically used to describe them include \"bums,\" \"hoboes,\" \"migrants,\" \"street people,\" \"transients,\" \"tramps,\" and \"vagrants.\" Just as varied as the words we have used to describe them are the reasons many people have found themselves living in the land of opportunity without permanent residence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book considers homelessness and its distinctive character in three periods of American history: the era of tramps and hoboes in the late 1800s-early 1900s, the era of transients and migrants in the 1930s, and the era of homeless and \"street\" people in the last 40 years. It clarifies the multiple meanings of the word \"homeless\" today and demonstrates that homelessness is a symptom of more than one problem, leading to confusion about the issue of homelessness and hampering attempts to reduce its occurrence. Author Neil Larry Shumsky, PhD, also postulates that the treatment of homelessness in England before the colonization of North America laid the foundation of pervasive American attitudes and practices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neil Larry Shumsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313377006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313377006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 8.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2012 pg. 101\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012 pg. 99","brand":"Neil Larry Shumsky","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086482518271,"sku":"9780313377006","price":121.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_17b1d214-7f09-4e7e-a33a-6ad9138b9e53.jpg?v=1769094923","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/homelessness-neil-larry-shumsky-9780313377006","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}