Homelessness : a documentary and reference guide /
Neil Larry Shumsky.
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, c2012.
- xxix, 389 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Documentary and reference guides .
- Documentary and reference guides. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. I. Words and numbers : Words ; Numbers -- pt. II. Hoboes, tramps, and bums, 1790-1930 : Ben Reitman defines hobo, tramp, and bum ; Jack London explains "the rods" ; Train jumping ; A migrant farm worker ; The extent of the problem, 1890-1925 ; Country lodgings ; The stem, or main stem ; The hobo jungle ; "Tramp-speak" and the hobo subculture ; Hobo songs ; Hobo politics ; The hobo college ; Hobohemia disappears -- pt. III. Migrants and transients, 1930-1960 : On the farm ; In the city ; Bonus army ; FERA and FTP ; Bum brigade ; Squatters ; Weedpatch camp ; Hooverville ; Picking grapes in Lodi ; Arts and culture ; Liquidating the Federal Transient Program -- pt. IV. Street people, bag ladies, and homeless people : Defining homelessness and counting homeless people : Charles Dickens coins the word ; Congress defines homeless ; Mitch Snyder claims "millions" ; HUD disagrees sharply ; Making sense of the conflict ; The number of homeless -- Who are the homeless? : An overview of the homeless population today ; Special populations of homeless people ; Homeless children and their families ; Homeless veterans ; Homeless people in rural areas ; Homeless people of color ; Homeless Latinos and a different perspective -- Contending with homelessness : Staying alive: homeless people cope ; Housing for the homeless ; Criminalizing the homeless ; Washington takes the lead.
This 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. --from publisher description