{"product_id":"mean-streets-don-mitchell-9780820356907","title":"Mean Streets: Homelessness, Public Space, and the Limits of Capital","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe problem of homelessness in America underpins the definition of an American city: what it is, who it is for, what it does, and why it matters. And the problem of the American city is epitomized in public space. \u003cem\u003eMean Streets\u003c\/em\u003e offers, in a single, sustained argument, a theory of the social and economic logic behind the historical development, evolution, and especially the persistence of homelessness in the contemporary American city. By updating and revisiting thirty years of research and thinking on this subject, Don Mitchell explores the conditions that produce and sustain homelessness and how its persistence relates to the way capital works in the urban built environment. He also addresses the historical and social origins that created the boundary between public and private. Consequently, he unpacks the structure, meaning, and governance of urban public space and its uses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMitchell traces his argument through two sections: a broadly historical overview of how homelessness has been managed in public spaces, followed by an exploration of recent Supreme Court jurisprudence that expands our national discussion. Beyond the mere regulation of the homeless and the poor, homelessness has metastasized more recently, Mitchell argues, to become a general issue that affects all urbanites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Don Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820356905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820356907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d","brand":"Don Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994489028863,"sku":"9780820356907","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_402b8267-77ff-4201-9cc6-2d39b9339f22.jpg?v=1683330452","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mean-streets-don-mitchell-9780820356907","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}