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Homeless Families: THE STRUGGLE FOR DIGNITY
Seltser, Barry Jay; Miller, Donald E.
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Description for Homeless Families: THE STRUGGLE FOR DIGNITY
paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
How do homeless people perceive their plight? Specifically, how does their situation affect their sense of personal dignity? In intensive interviews with one hundred adult heads of homeless families, Barry Seltser and Donald Miller ask these questions, previously not dealt with in the growing literature on homelessness. Homeless Families sensitizes readers, challenging them to consider their own moral and social responses to homeless people.
How do homeless people perceive their plight? Specifically, how does their situation affect their sense of personal dignity? In intensive interviews with one hundred adult heads of homeless families, Barry Seltser and Donald Miller ask these questions, previously not dealt with in the growing literature on homelessness. Homeless Families sensitizes readers, challenging them to consider their own moral and social responses to homeless people.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252063275
SKU
V9780252063275
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Reviews for Homeless Families: THE STRUGGLE FOR DIGNITY
"A sensitive, compelling, and deeply moving portrait of Americans on the verge of disappearing into the ranks of the homeless."
Kai Erikson, coauthor of The Nature of Work: Sociological Perspectives
Kai Erikson, coauthor of The Nature of Work: Sociological Perspectives