Homelessness : a documentary and reference guide

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Homelessness : a documentary and reference guide

Neil Larry Shumsky

(Documentary and reference guides)

Greenwood, c2012

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Bibliography: p. 375-377

Includes index

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Description

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. The 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. The 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.

Table of Contents

Reader's Guide to Documents and Sidebars Introduction Prologue: Vagabonds in England Part I Words and Numbers 1. Words 2. Numbers Part II Hoboes, Tramps, and Bums, 1790-1930 3. Ben Reitman Defines Hobo, Tramp, and Bum 4. Jack London Explains "the Rods" 5. Train Jumping 6. A Migrant Farm Worker 7. The Extent of the Problem, 1890-1925 8. Country Lodgings 9. The Stem, or Main Stem 10. The Hobo Jungle 11. "Tramp-Speak" and the Hobo Subculture 12. Hobo Songs 13. Hobo Politics 14. The Hobo College 15. Hobohemia Disappears Part III Migrants and Transients, 1930-1960 16. On the Farm 17. In the City 18. Bonus Army 19. FERA and FTP 20. Bum Brigade 21. Squatters 22. Weedpatch Camp 23. Hooverville 24. Picking Grapes in Lodi 25. Arts and Culture 26. Liquidating the Federal Transient Program Part IV Street People, Bag Ladies, and Homeless People Defining Homelessness and Counting Homeless People 27. Charles Dickens Coins the Word 28. Congress Defines Homeless 29. Mitch Snyder Claims "Millions" 30. HUD Disagrees Sharply 31. Making Sense of the Conflict 32. The Number of Homeless Who Are the Homeless? 33. An Overview of the Homeless Population Today 34. Special Populations of Homeless People 35. Homeless Children and Their Families 36. Homeless Veterans 37. Homeless People in Rural Areas 38. Homeless People of Color 39. Homeless Latinos and a Different Perspective Contending with Homelessness 40. Staying Alive-Homeless People Cope 41. Housing for the Homeless 42. Criminalizing the Homeless 43. Washington Takes the Lead Bibliography Index

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