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Something Left to Lose
Dordick
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Description for Something Left to Lose
Paperback. Homelessness is usually discussed in terms of its origins or in terms of its amelioration. Media accounts focus on poverty, lack of shelter, or attempts by the homeless, social service agencies, and government to end homelessness by policy and direct action. This title presents a dramatic portrait of the social and personal lives of the homeless. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
Homelessness is usually discusses in terms of its origins or in terms of its amelioration. Media accounts focus on poverty, drug use, lack of shelter, the social safety net, or attempts by the homeless, social service agencies, and government to end homelessness by policy and direct action. Yet we never seem to get a clear picture of who the homeless are. We are exposed to them as a social problem, but we learn little about their daily existence. In Something Left to Lose, Gwendolyn A. Dordick gives us a dramatic portrait of the social and personal lives of the homeless. ... Read more
Homelessness is usually discusses in terms of its origins or in terms of its amelioration. Media accounts focus on poverty, drug use, lack of shelter, the social safety net, or attempts by the homeless, social service agencies, and government to end homelessness by policy and direct action. Yet we never seem to get a clear picture of who the homeless are. We are exposed to them as a social problem, but we learn little about their daily existence. In Something Left to Lose, Gwendolyn A. Dordick gives us a dramatic portrait of the social and personal lives of the homeless. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781566395144
SKU
V9781566395144
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About Dordick
Gwendolyn A. Dordick is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Hamilton College, New York.
Reviews for Something Left to Lose
"Something Left to Lose contributes to the sociological understanding of homelessness by examining improvisation among the denizens of four distinct niches in Manhattan's homeless topography... Dordick has produced a sympathetic but unromantic account of social improvisation among the homeless." -Social Forces